The work was inaugurated yesterday Friday, April 28, 2023 in the Essos district by Mayor Augustin Bala.
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Augustin Bala, mayor of the district municipality of Yaoundé 5 inaugurated yesterday Friday, April 28, 2023, the section of road linking Essos-Madison-Koranic School with a linear of 630 meters.
During his speech, the councilor of the commune of Yaoundé 5 explained that the project inaugurated yesterday was carried out thanks to double funding from the mayor of Yaoundé 5 (contractor) and the Ministry of Housing and urban development (MINHDU).
For security purposes, the structure benefits from a public lighting system, consisting of streetlights with solar panels, financed in partnership with the town hall of the city of Yaoundé. Public lighting benefited from an envelope of 150 million FCFA against approximately 170 million FCFA, i.e. 145 million financed by the Minhdu and 25 million FCFA supplemented by the town hall of Yaoundé 5.
« All of the works that we are inaugurating today constitute for us a real object of satisfaction with regard to the quality of the materials used, the rigor displayed by the control engineers throughout the execution phase of the works and the quality of the result obtained. It’s asphalt, it’s not gravel Satisfied Augustin Bala.
Current projects
In the same vein, Augustin Bala announced to the many people who came, the construction of a block of modern toilets, the work of which was launched two weeks ago in front of the Essos mosque. The mayor also mentioned the imminent start » Construction work on the Essos II shopping complex, one of the most modern markets according to Augustin Bala, which will now be in the city of Yaoundé.
The project will benefit from an envelope of 3 billion FCFA. Concerning this project, the town hall of Yaoundé 5 has already received 1.5 billion FCFA from the Special Fund for Intermunicipal Equipment and Intervention (FEICOM) and the work of environmental impact studies has already started. ” In about 3 months, several members of the government will be invited to Essos Sud, to lay the first stone of the new Essos market, which will have 260 shops. declared Augustin Bala.
This Saturday, April 29, 2023, it is planned to launch the reprofiling works of the road linking the place called Bordeaux to the Dominique Savio crossroads opposite the Koranic school. In addition to the reshaping, this road will also be equipped with solar-powered public lighting. During his speech, the mayor of the district municipality of Yaoundé 5 took the opportunity to castigate certain individuals who take hostage the land reserved for the construction of public buildings.
« There is a lack of green spaces in the neighbourhoods, there are no playgrounds, there are no car parks, there are no shopping centres, however, within several neighbourhoods, there are spaces which have been provided for this purpose, and when we want to build public projects, this is worth court cases” regretted Augustin Bala.
