In a bid to implement the mandate of President George Weah, the Ministry of Public Works and stakeholders have begun illuminating various community roads within Monrovia and its environs.
Making the disclosure over the weekend in an interview, Acting Public Works Minister, Ruth Coker-Collins, said the community street lighting project has commenced, beginning with the Old Road community.
According to the Public Works official, the stretch leading from the Nigerian embassy inside Old Road towards Haywood Mission School is being lighted, and that the Tupee Taylor Curve, Gaye Town Intersection and VP Road are illuminated at night.
“The lighting of streets in various communities will not just add to the beautification of our city; it will help mitigate criminal activities at night,” Minister Collins averred.
She said the project targets several community roads (both existing and new corridors) as the President continues to prioritize improvement in the standard of living, emphasizing that good roads and lighting play a crucial role in the movement of people from one community to another.
She further noted, “Several community roads will shortly experience lighting, as pedestals have been constructed at various points, and we can safely say that the SKD Boulevard-Seventy Second Road and Johsonville-Dry Rice Market Corridor are advancing rapidly.”
It can be recalled that President George Weah, upon lighting the City of Monrovia after three decades, vowed to light up community roads as a surest means to crackdown on criminal activities, prevalent in some parts of Monrovia.
Many communities within Monrovia and its environs are dark at night hours, a situation which accounts for some of the gruesome, criminal acts perpetrated at night.
While efforts have been consolidated to speedily reach out to other communities, many residents have already begun hailing the process.