Repairs completed on Hunt Oil road

Aug 15, 2017 News

One-year maintenance plan announced for roads to Lethem, Mahdia, Kwakwani

Emergency works on the damaged Hunt Oil stretch, Region Nine, have successfully

An overhead shot of the repaired Hunt Oil stretch.

been completed and, as of Friday afternoon, traffic flow had resumed as per normal.

According to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, following reports of deterioration of the stretch due to prolonged rainfall, it sprang into action to have the situation remedied as quickly as possible. The efforts even saw the hauling of laterite from more than 20 kilometres away to ensure the sourcing of quality material.

“The contractor, JR Ranch Inc., revealed that sections at the side of the roadway before the particularly bad areas were first filled to create turnaround spots for the trucks due to the road’s narrowness.”

Three areas along the stretch were also filled and compacted. Furthermore, an excavator was used to build two cofferdams at the sides of the eroded spot in an effort to remove all accumulated slush and water prior to filling and compaction.

“The Ministry and the contractor will continue to monitor the stretch of road to ensure that there is no further need for filling and compaction and that the issue does not reoccur.”

The repair works that were ongoing.

Meanwhile, a maintenance programme under the Ministry’s Hinterland Department will soon be coming on-stream to rehabilitate a number of corridors, including those from Linden-Lethem; Ituni-Kwakwani; and Mabura-Mahdia.

This programme is slated to last for one year, the ministry said.

The Hunt Oil stretch is part of the Linden/Lethem road, which links the city to that Region Nine town which borders with neighbouring Brazil.

However, rainfall over the years has been creating problems for truckers and other minibuses.

With heavy rains in the last couple of months, the situation on the roadway had deteriorated rapidly, leaving supplies stranded. On Friday, Lethem ran out of fuel after a few fuel trucks became stuck.

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