Faced with the chronic instability of the cliff, the bypass road, once a mere alternative, has been propelled to the status of an absolute national emergency. Under the pressure of traffic that refuses to weaken, the Ministry of Public Works has transformed this 15-kilometer section into a laboratory of infrastructural resilience, engaging in a race against time to solidify embankments before the terrain reclaims its rights.

The technical offensive, launched on January 12, 2026, responds to a direct threat: the appearance of worrying cracks on the embankment slope. This structural disorder, caused by the undisciplined passage of heavy-duty vehicles defying tonnage restrictions, has forced the Contracting Authority to toughen its stance. On the ground, the deployment is massive. Since January 17, teams have doubled the compacting resources to stabilize the surroundings of the central culvert. As of January 20, 2026, earthworks and the creation of upstream drainage trenches have restored a precarious but real fluidity. This emergency engineering aims to channel runoff water—the true silent enemy of the cliff—to ensure that the platform does not give way under the wheels of travelers.

The dangerous nature of this pass, which marks the natural border between the Mbo plain and the Western plateaus, is well-established. Between the majestic ecotourism panorama and the accident-prone asphalt, the line is thin. The grim statistics of the past—60 lives lost in just five months in 2021—still haunt memories and justify the militarized pace of the works at the start of 2026. The State is no longer content with merely patching up; it is now a matter of reinforcing signage and coercively enforcing traffic bans for oversized vehicles. For Cameroon, securing the Dschang cliff in 2026 is an imperative of logistical sovereignty: it is about proving that technical modernity can finally tame one of the deadliest black spots on the national road map.

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