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The $80 million Poreporena Freeway since its unfortunate collapse continues to go through various phases of maintenance by Contract Company contracted by the authorities.

Reports exaggerated that the establishment of a temporary bridge across the fall would minimise traffic congestion by some percentage but this is not evident raising questions of how people in charge are going to address the issue effectively.

Travelling public are fearing that elections are around the corner and if nothing is being done to fast track the work being carried out the government will eventually change resulting in a slow process of getting the freeway upgraded.

As culverts are being washed away every now and then there is a call for civil engineers to advice the government of the day on possible alternatives to hold crossways for a sustainable period of time.

According to reports the cheap culverts that had been laid in initial road infrastructure developments in major roads across the country are giving away and cannot stand to the current weather situation causing havoc to the travelling public.

This was evident in the recent collapsing of the Poreporena Highway when a 10 by 10 meter ditch was formed in the middle of the frequently used freeway due to heavy down pours washing away the already overloaded culverts.

This in turn caused major traffic congestion within the nation’s capital for almost one month before a temporary bridge was built in place to reduce the congestion.