Contractor moves to site ahead of reconstruction of Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway
A contracting firm, Craneburg, has moved to the site to begin the reconstruction of the ever-busy road Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway, as the flag-off/turning of the sod for the reconstruction is scheduled to take place on Friday, August 23, 2024.
Penpushing reports that a statement made available by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Lekan Adeniran on Wednesday said Governor Dapo Abiodun will be performed the flag-off and turning of the sod, adding that the company has started mobilizing its equipment to the site 10 days ago to begin palliative measures in an attempt to make one side of the road motorable, while construction proper begins on the other section.
The statement added that the palliative measures already completed on the road covered Sango-Ota, Pakoto, Ifo, Ewekoro, Itori, and Obada, with stone bases spread on the bad portions to make traveling less stressful while the reconstruction is ongoing.
Penpushing further reports that Adeniran said the federal government-owned road has been in a deplorable state for more than 20 years, adding that It was finally handed over to the Ogun state government in 2024 year by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration after previous efforts.
The statement explained that the Ogun State Governor emphasized that bureaucratic bottlenecks stalled the reconstruction of the road, recalling that efforts by both Ogun and Lagos state governments to take over and reconstruct the expressway, Abiodun were frustrated by delays from the federal government.
Penpushing also reports that the statement said Abiodun, later approached the President for the transfer of the road to the state, a request that was granted, admitting that the known busy road had been in bad shape for years
“The Abeokuta-Ota-Lagos Road is a federal government road and has been in very bad shape for long. Because of the suffering our people endure on the road, my counterpart in Lagos and I jointly wrote a letter using a single letterhead to the federal executive council, seeking the transfer of that road for us to reconstruct’, Abiodun was quoted saying.
‘After waiting for a month without a reply, we wrote a reminder. That road was not handed over to us until the present federal government came on board. The contract for the road had been awarded since May this year’, he added
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