Residents applaud Berger on Bodo-Bonny Road repair

Chairman of the Bodo-Bonny Road Project Peace Committee, Chief O. R. Longjohn, has applauded Julius Berger Nigeria Plc., for applying specialised equipment for concrete roads and pavements on the Bodo-Bonny project.

Last week, workers were on site putting final touches to the concrete pavements on both sides of the major road into the Island, while others were busy laying reinforcement guaze, and later mixed concrete on the main road.
 
As part of its innovative solutions to construction challenges on Bonny Island, Nigeria’s leading engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria is constructing state-of-the-art concrete roads inside the oil rich Island which constitutes the terminal section of the ongoing Bodo-Bonny Road project in Rivers State.
 
Speaking, the community leader said this is an innovative approach to modern day construction. “We are happy over what we are seeing here on this Island. 

Even the progress on the road from Bodo across Afa Creek Bridge and Opobo Bridge across Opobo Channel and Nanabie Creek Bridge to this point on the Island, we are excited. Julius Berger is doing great on this road,” Longjohn said.  Several residents, many of them, workers in Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas, NLNG company, shared the same sentiments as the community leader.

According to the Project Manager, Tim Nippert, they are building about 5.50km of concrete roads with pavements on the Island.   “The last 5.50km on this Island will have its roads and pavements built on concrete. Due to the extremely challenging soil conditions on the main Bodo-Bonny Road and expected long-term settlements of up to 30cm over a period of 30 years, the contract for the job did not ask for concrete construction on the Road except for the Island roads,” he said.

Bonny Island roads are part of the Bodo-Bonny Road project contract awarded to Julius Berger in 2014. But for contractual differences, the project would have been delivered.