Ensure speedy completion of second flyover, Maiduguri residents appeal to Zulum

<p>Maiduguri residents have appealed to Governor Babagana Zulum for the speedy completion of Borno’s second flyover on the busy Maiduguri-Kano way.</p>, <p>The residents made the appeal in an exclusive interview with Tribune Online on Friday in Maiduguri, the state capital.</p>, <p>Abba Lawal, a tricycle driver said that “We are happy to see that our state government is constructing the second flyover in Maiduguri but the problem is that we are experiencing traffic congestion in the evening, motorists are mostly not patient to going little by little, that causes congestion.</p>, <p>“We are appealing for the state government to quickly address the problem of congestion by finishing the project in due time.</p>, <p>“As for me, time is money, I don’t want to be spending 10 or 15 minutes before getting way to my locality and one liter of fuel is almost 670 naira, I can’t be waiting for my fuel just like that,” he explained.</p>, <p>Another Maiduguri resident, Usman Musa, a motorist said that we are eager to see that the construction of this second flyover is done on time, so that we may have easy access to this busy highway.</p>, <p>“Those coming out from Borno express terminus crossing the road also caused slowed traffic around the area.”</p>, <p>He appealed to Zulum to construct the pedestrian bridge so that it may in reducing the traffic around the area.</p>, <p>Responding to the Permanent Secretary, Borno State Ministry of works, Goni Lawan has assured road users and motorists plying Maiduguri – Kano road that the flyover of the road will be completed in October this year.</p>, <p>Lawan explained that his team is diversifying means of actually taking to alternative routes to ease traffic on the road while construction is ongoing.</p>, <p>He said at the initial stage, his team faced a design challenge which has now been resolved, adding that with the pace of work moving very fast, they are through with every hindrance to the construction of the flyover.</p>, <p>“The duration of the project as per the contract agre