The Ministry of Public Works has announced an ambitious nationwide infrastructure program.
The program is to expand road connectivity, improve transportation networks, and strengthen access to some of the most remote regions.
Public Works Minister, Roland Layfette Giddings, made the disclosure when he appeared on a local radio station in Gbarnga, Bong County.
He highlighted several ongoing and upcoming road and bridge construction/rehabilitation projects.
Under the expected road development, Giddings said, motorists will ply several hard to reach communities before the end of this year as construction progresses on the Southeastern highway corridor.
He said, additional contractors will begin pavement during the next dry season on the Tappita, Lower Nimba County to Toe Town (Grand Gedeh County) and Toe Town-Zwedru routes, while procurement processes continue for contractors to complete the remaining sections.
Giddings said, government expects four contractors to be simultaneously engaged in pavement from Tappita to Fish Town by the first quarter of next year, a move intended to accelerate development in the Southeast. Beyond the Southeast corridor, Giddings highlighted major national projects, including the reconstruction of the St. Paul Bridge-Waterside road in Monrovia, and the rehabilitation works along the strategic Gbarnga-Salayea-Voinjama-Foya highways. He also announced that preparations have advanced for the coastal highway project, with pavement from Buchanan, Grand Bassa County to Greenville in Sinoe County, expected to commence during the next dry season. Additionally, construction is underway on a bridge over the Cavalla River, a project expected to enhance trade and transportation between Liberia and neighboring La Côte d’Ivoire. In Bong County, rehabilitation works continue along the Gbarnga-Totota-Phebe corridor, while the Bellemu Bridge and several other bridge projects are expected to improve connectivity between communities and districts.
Giddings’ visit to Bong County was to assess ongoing projects, and engage local leaders on development priorities. “We will be one of the governments in the history of Liberia that will pave so many roads.”
Giddings expressed confidence in the administration’s infrastructure agenda, and its potential to transform the transportation sector.
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