Minister orders removal of speed bumps on highways nationwide

Minister orders removal of speed bumps on highways nationwide

Works of Works. David Umahi, has ordered the removal of speed bumps on the country’s highways to improve traffic flow.

He stated this at a two-day Retreat for Federal Ministry of Works Highway Engineers and Managerial Staff in Abuja on Friday.

The retreat had the theme ‘Ensuring Delivery of Mr President’s Agenda on Road Infrastructural Development’.

The minister said the order to dismantle the speed bumps was necessary because some were haphazardly done causing accidents and elongating travel time.

He said, “I came through one of the federal routes and for a journey that is supposed to last like one hour within that stretch, it lasted like three hours because every 20 metres you will see a bump.

“Although there is nothing wrong with speed bumps in certain designated locations, there is an approved technical design for bumps.

“There are also allowable locations for bumps, and that is what we want to do. So the National Assembly has directed that these speed bumps should be dismantled.”

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Umahi said the ministry had noticed some speed bumps were a menace and causing multiple accidents and deaths.

“Some speed bumps are high, touching the bottom plates of vehicles; that is not desirable. It defeats the aim.

“So, this is what we are saying, and that is what the National Assembly is saying. The ministry as well as motorists wants them to dismantle it.”

Umahi said subsequently, for any speed bump to be constructed, applications would be made to controllers for the locations through the Permanent Secretary and to the minister for approval after meeting technical compliance.

He added that there must also be a safe side distance of not less than 100 metres and warning for motorists to beware.

Speaking on infrastructure development, Umahi said President Bola Tinubu’s massive infrastructure development was aimed at providing the much needed impetus to stimulate the economy and improve the lives of the citizenry.

He therefore, said the retreat was aimed at educating participants to properly understand the president’s renewed hope agenda with specific reference to road infrastructure development among others.

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The Minister of State for Works, Mr Bello Goronyo, commended the President’s infrastructure development agenda, saying that it was putting smiles on the faces of Nigerians.

The permanent secretary in the ministry, Olufunso Adebiyi, said the Federal Road Safety Corps’ record revealed that accidents  were traceable to reckless driving, drunk driving, disregard for road instructions and unauthorised crossing of the road among others.

Adebiyi urged the engineers to step up and curb some of the irregularities, noting that the ministry was committed to building their capacity to deliver on the administration’s agenda.

Minister orders removal of speed bumps on highways nationwide