SLRA pays compensation to affected property owners on the Hill Side Bye Pass Road
The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has on Tuesday, November 12 this year paid compensation to some affected property owners on the Hill Side Bye-Pass Road at the Atlantic Hall National Stadium.
The occasion was observed by key stakeholders including representatives from civil society organizations, Audit Service Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, to ensure that the process was done credibly so that all affected property owners along that route received what was due to them.
Welcoming the gathering, the Chairman of the event, Mr. Hassan Turay, explained that they were there to pay compensation to only affected property owners on the Hill Side Bye-Pass Road whose names have been compiled.
He emphasized that when good roads are constructed in the country it is everyone who benefits from them.
He appealed to all affected property owners to accept and support the process for the reason of development which he said is the foremost focus of every Sierra Leonean.
Mr. Turay explained that even though they wouldn’t pay everybody on that day they will ensure that everybody receives his or her compensation in the shortest possible time.
In his comments, the Programme Manager, Mr. Reginald Davis who is also a Road Engineer stated that they had earlier instituted an evaluation process of the houses they were going to demolish.
In that regard, he said, as long as a property owner has handed over his or her conveyance and other documents he or she stops being the owner of that property but it has now become a Government owned property.
He urged the occupants to vacate the land before or December this year as the road construction will be in full swing at that time.
By Abdul Hassan Fackie
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