Liberia-Going into or coming from rural Liberia by way either of the Sinoe-Grand Kru County corridor or the Nimba-Grand Gedeh and RiverGee Counties corridors is a real danger faced by thousands of Liberians traveling back and forth on those routes that are said to be by far deplorable than they were prior to the current government’s controversial rehabilitation efforts.
Upon taking office, the President Joseph Boakai administration embarked on a gargantuan efforts geared towards reconditioning and rehabilitating all rural corridors as part of President’s 100 Days Deliverables under the “No vehicle will stuck in the mud during the Rainy Season” proclamation at the cost of a whopping $22 Million Dollars.
But from all indications, considering pictorial and video evidences, citizens are catching hell, commuting from one county to another as the roads have gone uglier, deplorable and dangerous to commuters.
Both motorcars and motorbikes plying the different routes are enduring tough times getting to their destinations, and at times spent a day or more as a result of the bad conditions of the roads, this paper has learned.
The situation is said to be extremely terribly unbearable on the Buchanan-Greenville corridor, where commuters are facing real dangers, walking long distances in the mud while the rider pushes the bike to a safer area to before continuing their journey.
A video of the Sinoe County corridor provides clear picture of the extent of suffering commuters are going through. A vehicle with tons of loads can be seeing laying, apparently on the verge of falling while commuters or passengers are struggling bracing it with their hands.
A yellow machine is also seeing the video coming in struggling to go through the mud to salvage the situation, in a clear proof of how serious the problem has become now a days, despite government’s publicity stunt through different surrogates and affiliates.
More disgusting, as shown in the video, is that commuters are seeing walking in a thick watery red mud of about three to four kilometers while riders are struggling, pushing bikes.
“I want to come to town but worrying about the conditions of the road. To tell you the truth, the Sinoe road is terrible, and I can’t even compare it to any other road,” said one Amelia Gomah who is resident in Sinoe but is thinking about coming over to Monrovia to see her children.
She told our reporter that people are going tough times traveling on the road, describing it as “living hell.”
“Although, I do not about the road conditions on the other sides, but for us in Sinoe, the situation is heartbreaking, because to cover a very short distance will take you hours due to very bad road situations,” she said.
Besides, other media outlets have been highlighting the deplorability of the rural roads.
Liberian Investigator also reported how in River Cess County, the deplorable road conditions are severely hampering the livelihoods of local residents and businesses.
Glady Gborgar, a local vendor, faces the harsh reality as her goods, mostly fufu, lie unsold along a roadside in an open field near Judu Town. With no commercial vehicles braving the nearly impassable feeder roads leading to and from her town, her ability to support her family is dwindling rapidly.
Judu Town, located approximately 10 kilometers from the main road to the Timbo Bridge that connects River Cess to Grand Bassa County, exemplifies the difficulties faced by inland communities. The poor state of the roads is not just a transportation issue but a significant economic barrier, impacting everything from education to healthcare.
Gborgar, like many others, is unable to transport her goods to Monrovia, where she usually earns enough to pay for her children’s education. “The big problem we have here is the road,” Gborgar lamented. “There is no way for us to carry our market to town again because of the condition of the road. Everything is just getting hard.”
Glady Gborgar says there is no way for her to carry her market in town again because of the condition of the road.
The road deplorability is not only hampering movement of ordinary passengers, but having a toll on delivery of healthcare services, including prompt delivery of essential drugs and other goods needed to facilitate effective operations and administration of various hospitals spread across the country.
The local economy is also enduring the harsh realities of the bad road conditions as leeward residents are finding it hard to get their goods from point to point.
The Liberian government sometimes publicized the acquisition of hundreds of yellow machines and other earth-moving equipment for use by the Ministry of Public Works and county administrations to keep roads rehabilitated and passable at all seasons.
The current conditions of the roads only sheds light on how far the country is from overcoming the bad road menace, and the fact that politicians only look for ways to impress upon citizens to vote them into power.
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