Sanwo-Olu: Reconstruction of Lagos-Badagry Expressway Begins in Two Weeks
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday in Abuja stated that reconstruction of the collapsed Lagos - Badagry Expressway will formally resume in the next two weeks.
The road has been an eye-sore and a nightmare to the people of Lagos, particularly motorists, commuters and residents plying the route over the years.
Answering questions from journalists in the State House on the state of the road, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Sanwo-olu who said he visited the road two days after he assumed office, disclosed that machinery had been put in place to ensure that the contractor returns to site at the end of June.
Sanwo-Olu added that he had inspected the road twice since he assumed office.
He explained that between this weekend and early next week, discussions with the contractor on the road would end and work would commence in earnest.
“I was on that road two days after I was sworn-in precisely and we’ve gone round. I’ve been there twice now in about two weeks. So, the commitment we got was that the contractors would move into site before the end of this month and I am still relaying that in the month of June, we should be closing out the discussions with the contractor over the weekend early next week.
“We are hoping that barely any unforeseen circumstance, they should be moving-in in another two to three weeks’ time, meaning that the clean-up and the construction of the Badagary expressway returns back in earnest,” he said.
Also speaking on the decongestion of Oshodi-Apapa expressway, Sanwo-Olu said certain false claims had been circulating in the media that he promised during the electioneering that he would decongest the road within his first 60 days in office.
He denied making the comment, saying rather he promised that his government would carry out a review of previous activities on the road within 60 days.
The governor who said he thanked the president for federal government’s intervention in the decongestion of the road, added that whereas port operators causing gridlock on the road are federal agencies, it is actually the people of the state who bear the pains.
According to him, the reconstruction of Oshodi-Apapa road has commenced but it is yet to attain the level where it can be noticed, adding that the evacuation of tankers causing congestion on the road has equally begun.”