(Monrovia-Liberia-May 28, 2009)-President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has broken grounds for the rehabilitation of the Cotton Tree/Bokay Town road, located on the Monrovia-Buchanan highway in Harbel, Margibi County.

Speaking Thursday at the ceremony, the President commended CHICO, the Chinese company which is to carry out the project, for the work done in Liberia thus far. An Executive Mansion release says the President expressed the hope that CICO, another Chinese company, which is expected to rehabilitate roads in central Monrovia, would begin work at the earliest.  

The Liberian leader welcomed a new World Bank policy which ties in payment to a contractor only after the completion of a project, judged to be satisfactory by the party granting the contract. 

In earlier remarks, Chinese Ambassador, Zhou Yuxiao, called on CHICO to work towards the successful completion of the project. For his part, the new Public Works Minister, Samuel Kofi Woods, assured the Liberian public that the road rehabilitation work would progress on schedule and at a faster pace. Minister Woods said, the rehabilitation of the road to Bokay Town, marks the first phase of the project, which will be extended to Buchanan.  He said more resources are being mobilized for the road project from Bokay-town to Buchanan in Grand Bassa County.  

The 15-kilometers Cotton Tree/Bokay-Town road project which includes a bridge is being funded by the World Bank at a cost of US $9.2-million.

The project is expected to be completed in 18-months.

Source: Executive Mansion - Monrovia

President Sirleaf and the Chinese ambassador to Liberia breaking ground for the Cotton Tree Bokay-Ttown road project

The Cotton Tree-Bokay Town road project is funded by the World Bank

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