Far North : Traffic Resumes On Palar Deviation Bridge

Heavy-duty motorists travelling to Kousseri and neighbouring Chad through Maroua, the Far North Regional headquarters, can now heave a sigh of relief. As they will no longer have to take the longer route through the heavily-congested Pont Vert or Green Bridge on River Mayo Kaliao inside Maroua town.
The Minister of Public Works, Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi and his counterpart of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, were in Maroua on Saturday, November 28, 2020 to evaluate the construction of a dual-carriage passage-way and deviation bridge. Nganou Djoumessi instructed the contractor to create a temporary crossing on the dried-up River Mayo Kaliao bed by using aggregate. He said the temporary crossing was meant for vehicles of 3.5 tonnes and above.
The Minister of Public Works also directed that the construction timeframe for the deviation bridge at the old Palar Bridge be slashed by half from three months to 45 days. Henceforth, construction of the deviation bridge will go on round the clock, with security provided at night. Feasibility studies on a new and more modern, adapted Palar Bridge are over, Nganou Djoumessi disclosed, saying the construction contract will be awarded in January 2021.
Minister Atanga Nji said their visit was a follow-up to that of a ministerial team last September. He said the aim was to ensure that work was progressing well on the ...