Bamenda-Bambili Road Incident NW Assembly Evaluates Impact

The Commissioner for Economic Development at the North West Regional Assembly, Ghejung Awunti on March 26, 2021 went evaluating the economic impact of the unfortunate incident that slowed traffic in the Bambili stretch of the ring road on March 24, 2021. The fact-finding visit featured Ghejung Awunti posing assessment questions to road users, neighbourhood community members and above all, some engineers of the construction company rehabilitating the stretch.  It was all about an evaluation exercise to help matters towards non-stop traffic flow while rehabilitation works continue on the highway that connects the Bamenda metropolis to major towns like Bambili, Ndop, Kumbo, Ndu and Nkambe. From the look of things, the ring road needs solid road infrastructure and proper drainage to withstand heavy rains.

That was not the case on March 24, 2021, when heavy rains caused a portion under rehabilitation to sink in the neighbourhood of the University community of Bambili. Some casualties were registered with vehicles stock in gutters while traffic was slowed for long hours. It was against this backdrop that the Regional Commissioner for Economic Development, Ghejung Awunti who doubles as an elected Regional Council member from Tub...