Liberia: Gbarnga Residents Say CMC’s Jor River Bridge Project Abandoned

GBARNGA — A US$500,000 bridge meant to end dangerous crossings between Civil Compound and Jorkpanmue remains unbuilt three months after contractors left the site, and residents say the excavation the workers left behind has made the creek deeper and more dangerous for children.

Residents of Civil Compound in Gbarnga accuse the Citizens Movement for Change, the organization that announced the project, of abandoning it. The CMC says the work is only suspended for the rainy season and will resume…