Urban Roads: Ngaoundéré Is Changing
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Célestine Ketcha Courtès, on a working visit in the City on 22 February 2023 noticed that transformation by herself. A perceptible change thanks to rehabilitation works on urban roads, undertaken as part of the Inclusive and Resilient Cities Development Project (PDVIR). This work consists in particular of the construction of 6.3 km of primary roads. Whether it is the “Gare Banane” junction – Djalingo junction stretch with a length of about 500 meters or the road linking Djalingo junction to the National Road N0.1 intersection via the Petit Marché junction, the earthwork phase and the laying of the base layer have been completed. The gutters are also completed. The same is true for the Petit Marché Junction to Mairie CA2 Junction, through Modibo Junction, where the laying of the base layer has also been completed and the gutters built. The next step is to lay 13 cm paving stones on the appropriate sections. The Minister said she was satisfied with the work progress of 64% completion.
Related developments consisting of footpaths and planned socio-collective works. It should be noted that all these works are carried out thanks to the efforts of the Cameroonian government and the World Bank. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development was also pleased that the completion of these works will help to connect substructured precarious neighborhoods with the rest of the city. This visit of the Minhdu was also an opportunity for her to sensitize residents on the direct and indirect benefits expected from the construction and rehabilitation of urban roads. Célestine Ketcha Courtès thus went to meet the beneficiary populations in order to anticipate local strategies for the appropriation and maintenance of future works.
