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What's
Happening With The
Reconstruction?
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Resurfaced
Raod, Tubman Blvd, Congo Town, Monrovia
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The
Chinese are working on the road project. Notice the
difference between the old and new pavement.
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Tubman
Boulevard
Tubman
Blvd. has been resurfaced from 1st Street to Congotown,
and the road resurfacing continues.
For
the first time since coming to Liberia, I am beginning
to enjoy driving on a road. The other day, I traveled
along this route " from Springsfield Airfield to
Tubman Blvd., to Congotown Back Road to SD Cooper Road,
to Robertsfield Highway" and realized for the first
time since May 2006, there are no bumps, the ride was
smooth and the ride enjoyable. "Ma Ellen, thank
you o"
Road
Construction at night, a new phenomenon in Liberia
These
days when you ride out at night along the Boulevard,
there is a good chance you will see the road crew, working
on the road at night. I like this new phenomenon, the
crew is able to get more work done with less disturbance
from cars and people.
The
Power of Paint
One
of things that overpower your senses when you enter
Monrovia is the number of unpainted buildings. Recently,
some government agencies and private businesses have
started adding PAINT, and I mean "Real Paint, Not
White Wash" to their buildings.
Bureau
of Maritime Affairs office on Tubman Boulevard in
Sinkor was recently painted with an attractive blue
color that makes the building look good and improves
the look of this block of Tubman Boulevard.
LIBTELCO Office on 18th Street in Sinkior, is
another building that you can't ignore as you drive
by. The building was renovated in preparation for LIBTELCO
upcoming launch.
The
yellow and red paint is attractive and greatly improves
the look on the 18th Street block.
 Temple
of Justice on Capitol Hill - There is no building
in Liberia that has transform itself like the Temple
of Justice. Although the renovation is ongoing, the
entire complex is beginning to gave the capitol area
a great new look. The cream paint compliments the gray
and sparkles like gold in the bright African sun. The
paint brings out the beauty of the building, making
it one of my favorite buildings in Liberia.
New
court houses and administrative buildings are being
added to the complex which is also improving the look
of the Capitol from Capitol By-Pass.
Renaissance
Hotel on 16th Street in Sinkor painted it's building
bright yellow. It looks good.
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Bad
areas are cut out, then refilled and repair before resurfacing
Gutters
are another feature that is being added to the roads.
Finally, somewhere for rain water to go!
The
Power of Paint
This
building on Cheeseman Ave in Sinkor is beautiful with
its two tones of pink
Road
Construction and Renovations
These
roads have been identified for repairs in Monrovia
in 2009. Gutters and drainage systems are being installed
along Tubman Blvd. and other major roads where they
are needed. Repairs have begun on these roads.
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AB
Tolbert Road
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SKD
Boulevard
(Tubman Blvd. to Somalia Drive)
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SD
Cooper Road
(Robertsfield Hwy to Tubman Blvd.)
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Robertsfield
Highway
(Full length)
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Tubman
Boulevard
(The road has been repaired from 1st Street to
just beyond Catholic Hospital Junction). The Chinese
who are working on this project, They work mostly
at night, which helps reduce the traffic jam.
The road work continues on Tubman Blvd.
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Matadi
- Lakpazee Road
(Airfield to Matadi)
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Sinkor
Old Road
(Full length)
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Rehab
Road (Robertsfield Hwy. to Duport Road)
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Jallah
Town road - (Full length) The road was poorly
build in 2007/2008 by the Ministry of Public works
and private Liberian contractors. The entire road
needs to be rebuild.
Watch
for more Reconstruction Comments on TLC Africa
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A performance review
of some public corporations and ministries.
The
Presidency
We
know that the presidency cannot by itself perform all of the
necessary task needed to make the government and nation functional;
hence, our public corporations and ministries are the arms
of the executive which the people of Liberia directly hold
responsible for the performance of their respective duties.
What's happening guys? The president is working very hard,
what about you? A performance review of some public corporations
and ministries.
Public
Works
Is
there any physical contribution that Public Works make towards
the reconstruction other then subcontracting to the Chinese
who are a doing a good job, considering Public Works enormous
budget and staff? Jallah Town Road is a classic example of
how not to build a road.
Postal
Mail
Postal
Service is up and running. You can now send Postal Mail within
Liberia and the world. Standard delivery time for mail within
the country is a day or 2. Standard mail between the US and
Liberia is 8 days.
You
can also have your mail delivered to your home. But first
you have to register your home address and location to the
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications.
Emergency
Mail Service (EMS), a new service introduced by the post office,
delivers mail to the world within 5 days. (Bravo!!!)
Passport
Service
Do
you know it only takes 2 days and $25.00 (USD) to get a Liberian
passport? Thanks to Foreign Ministry and Mary Broh, who is
now at NPA, the passport service is much improved. (Bravo!!!)
LEC
The
most waited for corporation is LEC. After 2.5 years, I still
can't believe that I can't get electricity delivered to my
home. In July 2007, LEC installed poles in the front of my
house, with promises of being connected to the prepaid meter
system. Its January 2009 and still no connection to the national
grid or any system. What's up with that?
Monrovia
City Corporation (MCC / City Hall)
Shame
on you City Hall. The city is still dirty and the streets
used for markets, despite many newly constructed and renovated
market places going unoccupied. The trash collection that
began in 2008 is failing miserably. The trash bins are poorly
placed, too small, not covered and not emptied on time. City
ordinances are not published and enforced.
NPA
Is
there any possibility that NPA will get it's house in order?
Insufficient equipment, broken equipment, beaurocracy, etc?
Telecom
Will
you ever take off in this century? Liberians are still awaiting
us!
Liberian
Produce and Marketing Corporation (LPMC)
We
are still trying to figure out what you are doing, can you
please tell us?
LBS
Thanks
to LBS, we get the News also in simple English to enable all
of our people to be informed, however, can you please hire
literate broadcasters instead of semi? - The End -
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