Africa-Press – Senegal. The director general of the Autonomous Road Maintenance Fund (FERA), Pape Ibrahima Faye, on Thursday invited the town hall of Diourbel (center west) to ensure the maintenance of the roads built in this municipality, as part of the « Xeyu ndaw ni » emergency programme.
“When we build new roads with all these lines that have been made, the challenge now is to maintain them. This is the fundamental role of the Fund, but also of the town hall which must tackle it, « he said after a tour intended to inquire about the progress of the construction sites. of the FERA in the municipality.
In order to help achieve this objective, he says, « the municipality is provided with a road sweeper to help it maintain the roads, but also nearly 234 roadmenders for the preservation of this road heritage, within the framework of the emergency program Xëyu ndaw ni”.
“These works have completely changed the face of Diourbel. And the people we met showed total satisfaction with the achievements,” he said.
This project concerns a linear of 28.3 km of roads entirely financed by the FERA, for a total cost of 5 billion 150 million CFA francs, he explained.
The mayor of Diourbel, Malick Fall, underlines that this is an old complaint and a campaign promise, carried out by the head of state to make traffic more fluid in the large districts of the city.
« At the moment, the work is about 75% complete, » said the head of mission in charge of works control, Khadim Niang. According to him, “there remains only the civil engineering work to be completed, as well as the construction of horizontal and vertical signs, the tracing of the road, the installation of pedestrian crossings and speed bumps programmed for each section. »
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