FG bans use of laterite in road construction, frowns at contract variation | The Nation Newspaper

Instead, the base will now consist of lumps, sharp sand, and stone before laying concrete or asphalt pavement on Federal roads.gave the order at the inauguration of the committee for the supervision of the reconstruction of Benin-Warri dual carriageway and the dualization of East–West Road, Port Harcourt – Onne Port junction road in River State.

The statement reads in part: “We are giving very serious attention to the roads between Benin and Warri. The road between Eleme and Onne Port, we are mindful of the site conditions of these roads, the water conditions, and the boreholes instead of potholes on these roads.

“I want to say that road infrastructure is one of the key factors for the revolution of our commerce, education, security and power in this country and Mr. President is committed to our road infrastructure, so we are on a mission and we must take back our country. “They must ensure the new method of construction is followed and maintenance follows too because it is part of the elements of the contract and any offence is punishable”“He charged the contractors using asphalt pavement to ensure that their contracts are stable, sustainable and can stand the test of time and warned that the ministry will not go to the Federal Executive Council to ask for increment because of the fluctuating price of bitumen, insisting that the ministry will not go beyond the...

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