{"id":7532,"date":"2017-12-29T08:04:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T08:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=7532"},"modified":"2017-12-29T08:04:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T08:04:47","slug":"population-acknowledges-bridge-rehabilitation-but-complains-about-road-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/population-acknowledges-bridge-rehabilitation-but-complains-about-road-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Population acknowledges bridge rehabilitation but complains about road quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three bridges have been recently rehabilitated in the northern part of Bujumbura city. The population from the neighbourhood appreciates this government\u2019s initiative but asks it to rehabilitate the roads.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The newly rehabilitated bridge connecting Ngagara and Mutakura neighbourhoods<\/p><\/div>\n

The rehabilitation of the bridges over Nyabagere River in Ntahangwa commune of Bujumbura city is acknowledged by the population in the neighbourhood. \u201cThe road was very narrow on this bridge and it was very difficult to ride as there was a heavy traffic\u201d, says D\u00e9o Minani, a bicycle taxi rider met in Mutakura neighbourhood, nearby the rehabilitated bridge.<\/p>\n

Janvier Mbazumutima, a watchman met at Kamenge primary school appreciates this initiative: \u201cPeople used to have problems when it rained as the bridge was very narrow. The water had no channel and our school was often hit by heavy floods. Now that they made two overflowing channels, water can easily flow and our school is safe now\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

Jean Marie Nimpagaritse, another inhabitant of Mutakura quarter near the bridge, acknowledges the initiative but appeals to the administration to rehabilitate roads as well. \u201cThere are potholes everywhere. They hamper the traffic. A driver can spend a whole hour in the road because of heavy traffic caused by potholes. It also requires much attention, otherwise one can bump into people trying to avoid them\u201d, he says<\/p>\n

Anicet, a small businessman operating near the rehabilitated bridge in Mutakura area, asks the administration to rehabilitate the road. \u201cThis road has been damaged. The administration should rush to rehabilitate it. Vehicles almost hit us trying to avoid potholes\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

F\u00e9lix Nsabimana, Cibitoke zone chief says he is happy and proud of the rehabilitated bridges in his zone. \u201cThe movement was not easy because of the heavy traffic caused by the road which was very narrow at the bridge level. All the bridges over Nyabagere River are now rehabilitated and this facilitates the traffic\u201d, says Mr Nsabimana.<\/p>\n

As for people\u2019s complaints about potholes, Nsabimana says the administration is aware of the problem. He reassures that those roads will be rehabilitated as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the government\u2019s responsibility to build and rehabilitate roads. The administration is aware of the potholes. The road will be rehabilitated soon\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

The three bridges that have been rehabilitated are over the Nyabagere River in cibitoke neighbourhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three bridges have been recently rehabilitated in the northern part of Bujumbura city. The population from the neighbourhood appreciates this government\u2019s initiative but asks it to rehabilitate the roads. The rehabilitation of the bridges over Nyabagere River in Ntahangwa commune of Bujumbura city is acknowledged by the population in the neighbourhood. \u201cThe road was very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,670],"tags":[857,1290],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7537,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532\/revisions\/7537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}