The General Director of road maintenance, Salfo Paceré, representing the minister in charge of infrastructure, visited on Friday August 9, 2024 the development work on the Takaledougou bridge in the commune of Banfora on the RN7, the axis Banfora-Bobo.
The general director of road maintenance, Salfo Paceré, after reviewing the entire site, expressed his great satisfaction at the progress rate of the works, estimated to date at 30%, one week after the start of work.
According to the general director of road maintenance, Salfo Paceré, the work consists of the reconstruction of a dike which gave way and the reconstruction of the embankment followed by its protection.
‘The difficulty we encounter is firstly the rainfall. As soon as there is rain, we are forced to suspend work and the second difficulty concerns the borrow sites,’ he explained.
The general director reassured that solutions have already been found and there are no more concerns about drawing down these loans.
It was following a torrential rain
that the road embankment gave way, which led to the erosion of the Embankment. The minister in charge of infrastructure gave us instructions so that we can quickly find a company to take over the dike and rebuild the Embankment so that traffic can resume normally,’ he added.
‘First, we found a company that is carrying out this work and we are very satisfied. There is no interruption of traffic, it is alternating traffic and we ask road users to have a lot of patience and to follow the instructions given by the agents who are responsible for regulating traffic,’ he said. -he explained.
According to Mr. Paceré, the objective sought in this reconstruction is to maintain traffic and facilitate the flow of products in transit on this national road no. 7.
‘It should be noted that there are priority axes, which are national, community and asphalt roads which are priorities for us. This is why we carry out surveys on these roads each time and when we notice damage or emergencies, we do not hesitate to intervene,’
he reassured.
Source : Burkina Information Agency