The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra State said yesterday that ahead of the opening of the second Niger Bridge in Onitsha in October, it would begin a road audit of the area.
The Zonal Commanding Officer, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, revealed this in Awka during his first quarter monitoring and inspection visit to Anambra Sector Command.
His visit was to assess its performance in 2021 and ways of improving its operations in 2022.
The Federal Government had announced that the second Niger Bridge would be completed and opened in October.
Kumapayi said the road audit is part of strategies to cope with the expected increase in traffic when the second Niger Bridge and International Passenger and Cargo Airport begin full operation.
“We are discussing with the sector commanders in the zone on plans to commence road audit to ascertain how to deploy personnel, patrol vehicles and work out a partnership with other security agencies on the bridges.
“This time, we are not going to allow the breakdown of vehicles on the new bridge, to ensure free flow of traffic. The same applies to the old bridge,” Kumapayi said.
