GAMBIA TRANSPORT MINISTER HELD MEETING TO DISCUSS URR PROJECTS

Transport Minister in Gambia, Bai Lamin Jobe has held a steering committee meeting on the construction of the Basse/Fatoto road and bridges project currently ongoing in the Upper River Region (URR) of the country.

During the meeting, Stakeholders in the industry like The Chinese Embassy, GAMTEL, NAWEC, The National Roads Authority-NRA, Ministry of Lands and The Ministry of Finance were in attendance to discuss the progress of work, challenges and the way forward for the project.

Minister Jobe while speaking, called on all stakeholders to work together as a team, in order to successfully complete the project on time.

Quoting Jobe, “By next month, the Basse bridge will be closed and that of Fatoto will be closed by February next year 2021. So, I think that itself is a progress. The president was assured that during his tour in November, he might use one of the bridges at least. So, this is a challenge in the light of the fact that there are still some outstanding works that needs to be done.”

Meanwhile during the meeting, the different stakeholders also did presentations as to how far their work has progressed in relation to the project.

The URR Road and Bridges project is a grant from the government of the People’s Republic of China to the tune of $82 million. It is expected to consists of a 51kiometer road, two big bridges, one in Basse and the other one in Fatoto, while two small bridges are also currently under construction in Suduwol and Chamoi.

Source: The Point

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