AYV News, September 11, 2024

A bridge that connects two important villages in the Sella Limba chiefdom, Karene district and one of the most frequent use roads has collapsed following heavy down pour.

This is another awful disaster that has brought more suffering to residents and visitors of the township, chiefdom and district in general.

The bridge is built between Kabombor and Kamabayor villages, serving as a gateway for economic viability and one of the bread baskets of the district headquarter town of Kamakwie.

Locals said they are currently constrained and is highly risky mainly to school going pupils, farmers and traders crisscrossing the way, calling on government to come to their aid.

Following the collapse of the only bridge used as an entry and exist route triggered by a loaded truck that attempted to cross the bridge in July this year, the people of Kamakwie are urgently calling on President Dr. Julius Maada Bio to come to their rescue and swiftly find solution to their desperate plight.

According to some residents, for the past 50 years they have been appealing to both past and present governments for the construction of a better road so as to remove the inconvenience they have been experiencing.

The residents said during the previous regime a road construction project was launched and work commenced on it but sadly it was later abandoned.
The collapsed bridges have caused a cut-off point between Makeni and Kamakwie.

The Sierra Leone Roads Authority has however assured the affected people that the situation will be resolved soonest by providing an alternative route for the people of Kamakwie. The people are appealing to President Bio and the government to find a permanent solution.