Rufiji, Coast: The Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA), Engineer Florian Kabaka has thanked the Government for facilitating the Agency to carry out the construction of the 100-meter Mohoro Bridge in Rufiji district.
Engineer Kabaka said this during a visit to inspect the construction of the bridge along with the construction of asphalt roads measuring 4 km long being built in Ikwiriri town in the district.
“I would like to commend the government for this facilitation for TARURA, in fact, its presence even makes the citizens grateful for opening infrastructure everywhere, I would like to commend the government for continuing to provide funds to TARURA and I would also like to commend the management of TARURA for its management”, he said.
He urged the citizens of the area to maintain the bridge and all surrounding facilities, and not to tamper with the embankment of the bridge as it is going to ensure their communication throughout the year, especially during the rainy season.
“This bridge is going to eliminate the problem that has lasted for many years but also open up opportunities for them to build their economy and the Nation as a whole,” he said.
He said TARURA continues to remove obstacles to transport and transportation by expanding the road network so that citizens can continue to access services and work to boost the Tanzanian economy.
TARURA Coastal Region Manager, Engineer Leopold Runji said the project is going to help citizens as most of the activities in the region are blue economy as well as mixed crop farming so the completion of the bridge will remove obstacles for Mohoro residents.
The Resident Engineer of the project, Mr. Emmanuel Mahimbo said the construction of the bridge has reached 48% where they have completed the construction of two culvert boxes, four pillars and are now adding another pillar.
He said their current work plan is until January 2016 to have completed part of the bridge so that they can continue to complete the road so to keep up with that pace, the Contractor has started introducing machinery and increasing staff to keep up with the times.
