Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has assured Lagos
residents that rehabilitation work would commence on Lagos-Badagry Expressway
from Mazamaza to Okokomaiko this month.
The governor, who announced this during an inspection visit to Lagos-Badagry Expressway, said talks were ongoing with the contractor to resume work on site once the required financing is in place.
According to the governor, “In this month of June we shall
be moving to site. Work will commence on this road, so all the T’s and I’s will
be done this week so as to move to site immediately. We will ensure that we
firm up discussion with CCECC and move to site because work has been abandoned
here for almost four years.”
Mr Sanwo-Olu noted that despite the completion of the
highway from the National Theatre to Mazamaza, indiscriminate dumping of refuse
and misuse of the road by traders has made the route impassable, but gave
assurance that massive clean-up would take place in the coming weeks.
“We started the journey from Orile-Iganmu through Mazamaza,
and finally here at the Trade Fair. The road from National Arts Theatre up to
Mazamaza has actually been done,’’ adding that the huge refuse on the road has
affected the quality of the work done in the area.
Mr Sanwo-Olu acknowledged the various infrastructures that
had been provided through the project including the rail line, but expressed
regret that the heaps of refuse littering the area had made it difficult to
appreciate what had been done.
While also acknowledging that it would be a major task to
clear the refuse, he, however, said that work would commence immediately to
restore orderliness to the area.
“I don’t know how long it will take but it’s going to be a
major task to clean up that corridor,” Mr Sanwo-Olu said.
The governor also disclosed that the government would
partner with the Federal Government in finding a lasting solution to the
deplorable state of the Okokomaiko, through Agbara to Seme Border axis of the
Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
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