The National Transit Authority (NTA’s) coaches which suspended plying the routes from Montserrado to Bopolu, Gbarpolu Counties due to the deplorable state of the road have resumed again.
This followed the improvement of corridors from Tubmanburg, Bomi County to Bopolu, and also from Brewerville, Montserrado County through Suehen-Mecca District to Bopolu.
Those stretches according to the reports were upgraded or improved ahead of the dedicatory ceremony of the 100-bedroom Emirate Hospital situated in Bopolu, Gbarpolu County on Wednesday, December 28.
Before then, those roads were impassable to ply by private and commercial vehicles mainly during the course of the rainy season with motorbikes as the only means of conveyance to and from Gbarpolu County.
According to reports; with the resumption of the NTA, transport fares have considerably reduced as compared to motorists and commercial vehicles who had hiked their fares.
Instead of the L$, 2, 000 to L$4, 000 that was charged per passenger as transport fare by a commercial vehicle from Montserrado County to Gbarpolu County before the commissioning of the Emirate Hospital, the fare now is between L$500 to L$1,000.
Locals in that part of the country see it as a sign of relief to them because, had it not been for the newly constructed Emirates Hospital, the rehabilitation of those roads would not have been expedited to create easy access.
Meanwhile, Gbarpolu County’s chiefs, elders and other leaders are expected to hold town hall meeting any moment to make available farmland for agricultural purpose to help government sustain the hospital.
The County’s Electoral District 2 Representative, Kanie Wesso, made the call during the dedication of the 100-bedroom facility which is situated on a huge land in Bopolu which shall cater to the health needs of the people in the western region and perhaps beyond.
Wesso said the land where the hospital is situated was provided by the same local leaders and the need for them to do the same cannot be overemphasized as everything should not rest with the government.
He stated further that the farmland crops such as plantains, cassava, eddoes, pineapples, bananas, rice among others can be planted and when harvested, proceeds thereof can be used in supporting the hospital.
