Environment

Onipepeye Road Under Inspection, Construction – Gov. Makinde

By Web News 907

Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, says that the Federal Government, the Oyo State Government and the Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUFMP) will within a week  align the differences that have stalled the completion of Onipepeye Bridge Project and other culverts along Iwo Road axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

The governor, who inspected the ongoing construction at the Onipepeye end of the Expressway, alongside the Federal Controller of Works, Engineer Ibrahim Kayode and IUMFP Project Manager, Engineer Olasunkanmi  Shokeye, said that Oyo State was ready to resolve every bottleneck stalling the completion of the road.

“The Federal Government says it will complete the expressway up to Ojoo by the end of the year, that looks aggressive but this state will not be the stumbling block,” the governor said, adding that he was ready to do all that is possible to ease the burden of road users along the axis.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as saying that he would mount required  pressure on the contractors to ensure the work is delivered soonest.

He said that the government would bring the three interests involved in the project to alignment to ease traffic.

While inspecting the Onipepeye Bridge, which is part of the nearly-completed Old Ife-Onipepeye-Airport Road project being constructed by the state government, Governor Makinde said that  his government would mount pressure on the contractors to deliver in the interest of the people of the state.

The statement further  indicates that the governor called on officials of IUMFP and the Federal Ministry of Works and Oyo State to ensure everything is done to ease traffic logjam on the Express road within the next four weeks.

He said: “If they want to finish this up to Ojoo, say before the end of the year, I think it is aggressive. I don’t want Oyo State to be the stumbling block.

“Whatever you are saying right now is behind us. Now, I need a solution and we must make a decision, and by Friday (next week), I would like to have feedback.

“We have the Oyo State government involved, the IUFMP and also the Lagos-Ibadan expressway being fixed by the Federal Government. “We saw that there is a mis-alignment among the three parties. “Now, they are going to meet on Thursday, immediately after Sallah, to align.

“So, we think they should ease the traffic on the expressway within the next four to six weeks because our people are suffering on the road.

Iyabo Adebisi

Environment

Oyo Govt Awards Construction Of 76.7 km Iseyin/Ogbomoso Road

By Web News 1608

Oyo State Government has approved the award of the contract for the construction of the 76.7km Iseyin/Fapote/Ogbomoso road at the cost of N43.1billion.

The Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transport, Professor Daud Sangodoyin made this known while briefing journalists after the executive council meeting held at the Agodi, secretariat, Ibadan.

Professor Sangodoyin who said the road was awarded to two contractors to ensure timely delivery noted that the construction is expected to be completed in 13 months. 

The commissioner said: “Today, at the 14th meeting of the Executive Council of Oyo State, we approved the award of the construction of Iseyin/Fapote/Ogbomoso Road, which is 76.7kilometres. 

“The road is split into two simply because we want the road to be completed on time and to have quality construction. We also want it to be completed within 13 months.

“The first half is from Iseyin, where we have the Ansarudeen Mosque at Atori junction to Apinwo village, which is about 38.1kms. 

“The other half is from Apinwo village to Randa Ogbomoso, which is about 38.7km. These two roads have two bridges, one each. The one on the Iseyin to Apinwo Road is 65 metres span, while the other one at Apinwo/ Randa axis is about 45 metres span with an underpass at the end of the Ogbomoso side. 

“The total value for the road is about N43.1b. “The first half is N20b while the other is N23.1b. “The commencement of the process is immediate because the government is going to give an advance payment of thirty percent to the contractors.

“In January, we will also advance them another 20 per cent so that they must have done almost 75 per cent of the job before they can request for any other payment from the government. 

“We are also trying to expedite the work during the dry season so that before we get to June/July, the substantial part of the work would have been done.

“The first part of the road is awarded to Messrs KOPEK Construction and the second part is awarded to Messrs Kremborg construction Ltd. These two contractors will be mobilised next week and hit the ground running on the job.”

Iyabo Adebisi