In a bid to accelerate the ongoing road rehabilitation within Monrovia City streets, the administrations of the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) and China Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) have agreed to double the regular working hours from one shift to two.   Making the disclosure during a late hour road inspection on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 in Monrovia, Public Works Minister Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods, II intimated that after long hours of meeting yesterday with the administration of CICO, it has now agreed that active road work will be carried out during the night hours.    Among other things Minister Woods indicated that additional manpower must be recruited by the contractors to ensure the speedy rehabilitation of the various streets in Monrovia. Commenting on the outcome of the road work on the ongoing road rehabilitation in Monrovia, Minister Woods maintained that the work is going on as planned but asked for the patience and cooperation of the public, adding, “Let us observe the various signs and abide by traffic diversion”. 

He also indicated that while the speed of the road work is necessary, precision will also be taken into consideration for quality output.  For his part, the General Manager of CICO Liu Libo acknowledged the importance of the speed in work output and agreed to double the regular working hours from one to two shifts. He said their presence in the street during the night hours was predicated upon Minister Woods' instruction to physically see people working at night. He said other technical segments of the road require slight delay due to damaged drainages and outdated pipes underground.   The Managing Director who just arrived in the country from China expressed total confidence in the ability of CICO to do the work classifying CICO as Liberia's best partner in the road rehabilitation drive. He said the entire Broad Street will be accessible to motorcars by the end of Wednesday, January 27 and significant portions of Benson Street in ten days. He said cars will be plying on the first layer of the road for two months to observe the tightness of the work until the final layer is erected.

He promised to comply with the Labour laws of Liberia in terms of hiring workers at all categories.   The night time inspection started at 9p.m. on Tuesday at upper Benson and Newport Streets onward to major other streets within the city where work is ongoing.