The Federal Government has
promised to complete, within two weeks, the ongoing rehabilitation of failed
sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that cause heavy traffic on the ever
busy dual carriageway.
Commuters and motorists plying the
expressway complain of spending long hours while driving through some sections
of the road in recent times.
The Federal Controller of Works,
Lagos State, Olutoyin Obikoya who made the promise, yesterday, stated that the
Federal Ministry of Works hd mobilised Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, to
carry out urgent rehabilitation works on the bad sections within two weeks.
Obikoya, who is the engineers’
representative on the reconstruction of Lagos-Ibadan (section I), explained
that the work would be done to ensure the road remained in good condition for a
long time.
Movement on the road, he said, was
also being slowed down by the construction of an additional lane on the
Ibadan-bound stretch and the mounting of concrete median at some points.
According to him: “These
activities require traffic diversion when necessary and work is carried out on
five kilometres at a time.
“The ministry has been carrying out
palliative works on the road and it is this construction work that is causing
the traffic problem. They are working on the road and once it is done, movement
will be better.”
The construction company, he said,
would not work during the public holiday, that is today and tomorrow, but that
after the holiday work would be intensified to ensure the job is completed
within two weeks.
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