Director, Engineering Services of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engineer Hadi Ahmad, who disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja, on the pace of work, said the FCT minister, Muhammad Musa Bello, initiated the construction of the six-kilometre road because of its envisaged positive impact on the navigability of the city.
He said the administration was concerned that the narrow strip of driveway connecting the FCTA Secretariat from the Tafawa Balewa Way became known for its snarl while the connecting strips were either clouded with dust during the dry season or mashed up with mud during the raining season.
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Engineer Ahmed lamented that this made driving to government establishments located in these areas very unpleasant.
According to him, already, the east-end of the road complex, connecting the FCTA/FCDA Secretariats, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), National Christian Centre, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) is at its home-stretch.
As the road nears completion, already the FCT secretariat, NTA, National Christian Centre and surrounding areas are beginning to experience traffic relief and ease of navigability. The abandonment of the road for years had made access to these institutions and surrounding areas difficult.
The Southern Parkway in the Abuja Master Plan forms the major spine of the Capital City and one of the longest Abuja roads from the Central Business District traversing all the four phases of the Federal Capital City with facilities like streetlights, recreational, café centres and underpasses among others. It is designed to complement the Northern Parkway, the major arterial running across Mabushi.
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