LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY REHABILITATION THROUGH IN TWO WEEKS - FG

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.