{"id":63892,"date":"2025-04-07T05:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63892"},"modified":"2025-04-07T05:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:09:12","slug":"speed-up-bodo-bonny-road-senate-charges-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/07\/speed-up-bodo-bonny-road-senate-charges-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed up Bodo Bonny Road, Senate Charges Contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senate Committee on Works has issued a strong call to Julius Berger, the contractor handling the Bodo Bonny Road project in Rivers State, to accelerate construction and meet the December completion target.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the committee, Senator Barinada Mpigi, led members on an oversight visit to the site, where they inspected ongoing works on the vital thirty eight kilometer road linking mainland communities to Bonny Island.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mpigi, speaking to journalists after the inspection, acknowledged the progress made so far but emphasised the need for urgency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are happy with the progress, but we expect more from Julius Berger, a company we have come to know as a giant in the construction industry,&#8221; Mpigi said. &#8220;The Federal Government has met its obligations, now it is time for delivery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The challenging project, which began in 2014, has been slowed by difficult terrain, including swampy soil and tidal movements.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these obstacles, the committee reported that five kilometers of the road have been asphalted and major bridges completed, improving connectivity in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate team directed Julius Berger to step up efforts and complete asphalting work before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>A progress review has been scheduled for September, with assurances of regular monitoring visits to keep the project on track.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not a one time visit,&#8221; Senator Mpigi stated firmly. &#8220;We will continue to monitor every stage of this project until it is delivered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Completion of the Bodo Bonny Road is expected to open up economic opportunities, ease transport for residents, and strengthen links to critical oil and gas infrastructure on Bonny Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 The Senate Committee on Works has issued a strong call to Julius Berger, the contractor handling the Bodo Bonny Road project in Rivers State, to accelerate construction and meet the December completion target. Chairman of the committee, Senator Barinada Mpigi, led members on an oversight visit to the site, where they inspected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63893,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63892\/revisions\/63893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}