By DADA AYOKHAI
Edo state governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has approved the contract for the construction of a modern trailer park in Aviele in Etsako west local government and Ahor in Benin, the state capital.
The state Commissioner for communication and orientation, Mr Chris Nekiharhe made the disclosure after the weekly state executive council meeting chaired by the state governor.
The Commissioner said: “The meeting presided over by the Chairman-in-Council and Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, approved the contracts for the construction of two trailer transit parks, one in Avbiele, and the other in Ahor, to sanitize the truck parking system across the State and provide a suitable place for truck drivers to rest in the course of their journeys.
According to the Commissioner “the parks will have terminal buildings, hardstand/ parking lots, drivers’ lounge, offices, washing bay, auto workshops, restaurants, retail stores, public convenience, motel, police post, clinic, ATM Gallery, fuel/ gas stations, fire stations amongst others.
Aviele in Etsako west is a popular park for articulated vehicles plying Edo to the northern parts of the country.
Similarly, the park is also noted for notoriously parking of both articulated vehicles and other forms vehicles along the Auchi _ Abuja highway to the detriment of other road users.
