Work Will Resume On The Lagos-Abeokuta Roads After The Rain - FG (PHOTOS)

 Julius Berger Plc will resume work on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway at the end of the rainy season.

The Federal Controller of Works, Ogun State, Olukayode Popoola, disclosed this in an interview with one of our correspondents on Saturday.

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, and his Lagos State counterpart had a few months ago submitted a proposal for a takeover of the road, whose contract was awarded in 2001.

Abiodun during his investiture as a patron of the Abeokuta Club on September 7, had said that Lagos and Ogun states had agreed to commercialise the road by allowing private investors to fund and toll the roads to ease traffic from Lagos to Abeokuta.

The two governors had also submitted a proposal to that effect to President Muhammadu Buhari. Almost two months after the proposal was submitted, the Federal Government had yet to make its stand known.

But Popoola, in the interview with The PUNCH, said, “For that road, the contractor will soon move to site. The ministry is making effort to ensure that they (the contractor) move back to site. Now that the rainy season is gradually coming to an end, Julius Berger will soon move back to site.”

Another official at the Abuja headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing confirmed that the government had received the request of both states on the Lagos-Abeokuta road.

The official, who spoke in confidence, said, “It was submitted to the minister’s office and I’m sure they are working on it but it takes time.

When probed further to explain why the approval from the Federal Government was being delayed, the source replied, “I’m sure you know that it is the minister that will direct me and not the other way round.

“So when the time comes, the matter will be adequately addressed because I’m sure they are working on it since it is with the minister.”

Residents of towns along the Abeokuta-Sango-Lagos road on Saturday lamented that the road had become a death trap.

These are the state of the roads now...

A Live Report of Iyana Ipaja Road Construction In Lagos - Photos

For someone who lives or pass through Iyana-Ipaja daily, it is either you are planning to relocate or you have become so used to the traffic and abandoned road projects in this axis. Right from Ile-Epo all way to Kola and some other parts, the road construction has been abandoned with little or no work done at done.

In a report by YNaija Monitor, the ongoing road project in Iyana Ipaja is almost completed. The project includes a  double BRT Lane for the entire stretch, Walkways and drainages, Pedestrian bridges and bus-stops.

Sources said the project was supposed to be delivered last year December. It’s three months past the date, yet the project is yet to be concluded. The pace of work on the site has reduced, yet there seems to be no doubt that the project would be concluded before the expiration of the tenure of the current administration.

We did some follow-up based on YNaija reportage and we can confirm that the pace has reduced massively, in fact, no workers were seen on site when we passed the location. The abandoned road construction is having its toll on users of this road as they pay massively for vehicles and spend long hours in traffic too. Oshodi to Iyana-Ipaja used to be 50-100 naira before but now it has skyrocketed to 150-200 naira, if you are early in the park and join the Costa bus, they may take 100naira.

The questions on my lips are, what is causing the delay despite paying for all these roads? Why have the contractors abandoned the projects and who is supervising this project? Why is the Lagos State Government not saying anything on this road? The last time the Lagos State Government said anything on this road was 2018.

These are some of the images from the road courtesy of YNaija