Jare Olukotun
The Lagos state government, under the able leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has completed and commissioned 37 roads and also repaired and carried out sectional rehabilitation of more than 354 roads in various parts of the state in the last one year.
Residents of the state were also assured of the completion of the ongoing projects in Agege-Pen Cinema as well as the Agric-Ishawo Road and the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, all of which would soon be added to the list of completed projects by the Sanwo-Olu administration.
Engr. Aramide Adeyoye, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructures, disclosed this on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at the 2020 Ministerial Press briefing held at the JJT Park, Alausa, Ikeja.
She also assured that work on the Fourth Mainland Bridge and Lekki Regional Road would commence before the end of the current year.
The Special Adviser stated that connectivity of roads and its effects on easing traffic on highways formed part of criteria in determining the choice of road construction in the State.
Adeyoye further stated that the present government has also flagged-off the infrastructural upgrade of Oniru network of roads, namely Muri-Okunola Extension, Ligali Ayorinde and Akin Olugbade, along with seven major junctions all in Iru-Victoria Island Local Council Development Area, in December 2019, under a Public Infrastructure Improvement Partnership (PIIP).
She expressed optimism that the projects, on completion, would mitigate the traffic gridlock associated with the corridor and improve connectivity.
“Despite the present health cum economic challenges facing the world, Lagosians should expect commencement of more projects such as the 10 km long Lekki Regional Road which spans Victoria Garden City Scheme 1, connects VGC, Ikate Elegushi, Ikota, Chevron Drive, Ajiran, Pinnock Beach Estate, Gracefield Island and Orange Island, up to Freedom Road to Freedom Way at Lekki”, the Special Adviser assured.
She explained that these roads, upon completion, would serve as an alternative to the Lekki-Epe Expressway which, according to her, is already congested and is currently the only road serving the Lekki sub-region which connects directly to the Osborne/Third Mainland bridge corridor.
The Special Adviser maintained that Transportation and Traffic Management are important aspects of the present administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda, and as such, the State Government had, since inception, focused its attention on easing the traffic situation and constructing strategic roads across Lagos.
“When this government came on board, many of the State’s roads were in bad shape. What the Governor did on assumption of duty was to conduct an assessment tour of some critical roads across the State, which made the administration to carry out immediate palliative work on over 160 failed portions of roads to alleviate the suffering of the people”, she recalled.
