Construction works on the Lagos-Ibadan road has been suspended till January next year. Adedamola Kuti, the director of the Southwest Federal Ministry
Construction works on the Lagos-Ibadan road has been suspended till January next year. Adedamola Kuti, the director of the Southwest Federal Ministry of Works made the announcement and said the move is to enable motorists using the road to enjoy hassle-free movements to their various destinations in the country for the festive period.
“The issue is that our employees will be traveling during this period because it is December. As a result, we wish to relax and work on the road, so that individuals can enjoy their Christmas vacation. We have been doing this every year over the holiday season. We take down all roadblocks to allow for uninterrupted traffic flow on the express. Thus, we will remove all barriers by December 15, 2022, or shortly thereafter, and halt all operations for the sole purpose of easing straightforward passage throughout the Christmas season,” said Adedamola Kuti.
“The job will proceed more quickly than it did previously because it is the dry season. All hands are on deck, and work is still being done. And we’ll complete it during this dry spell. In particular, I am confident that before the end of February or the beginning of March, or around the time of the election, we should be able to finish cleaning up,” he added.
Lagos–Ibadan Expressway
The Lagos–Ibadan Expressway is a 127.6-kilometre-long (79.3 mi) expressway connecting Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State and Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. It is also the major route to the northern, southern and eastern parts of Nigeria. The expressway is the oldest in Nigeria, commissioned in August 1978 during the Military era, under the administration of Lieutenant-General Olusegun Obasanjo.
The expressway is one of the busiest inter-state route in Nigeria and handles more than 250,000 PCUs daily and constitutes one of the largest road networks in Africa.It is part of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) projects, concerned with road improvement and connectivity between the States of Nigeria.
The reconstruction of the expressway was flagged off in July 2013 by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan then president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to help reduce the travel time of hundreds of thousands of commuters and international air passengers. The contract was awarded to Julius Berger Nigeria and Reynolds Construction Company Limited at a sum of 167 billion Naira, equivalent to $838,986,290.Two sections of the expressway will be reconstructed and this includes Section I (Lagos to Sagamu Interchange) and section II (Sagamu Interchange to Ibadan).