Transportation

Plans are in the works to light up Lagos-Ibadan Expressway – Makinde

By Web News 545

By Iyabo Adebisi

Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde says his administration in partnership with Lagos and Ogun State are to light up one of the busiest roads in Nigeria, the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

He made this known while receiving the Minister for Works, Senator David Umahi, on a courtesy visit in his office, in Ibadan.

From left, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Minister, Federal Ministry of Works, Senator Dave Nweze Umahi and Director, Federal Ministry of Works, Southwest, Engr. Adedamola Kuti, during a courtesy visit to Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan. PHOTO: Oyo Gov’s Media Unit
From left, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Minister, Federal Ministry of Works, Senator Dave Nweze Umahi; Oyo State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Prof Daud Shangodoyin and Director, Federal Ministry of Works, Southwest, Engr. Adedamola Kuti, during a courtesy visit to Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan. PHOTO: Oyo Gov’s Media Unit.

Governor Makinde noted that the present administration in Oyo State had fixed some federal roads that have viable economic importance to the state, adding that Ibadan-Iseyin Road has been useful for Agribusiness hubs across the zones of the state.

While appreciating the Federal Ministry of Works for the construction and rehabilitation of some major roads in the state, Governor Makinde also disclosed that the state is considering the dualization of the Ibadan-Abeokuta road from the Iyaganku end to Oyo/Ogun State border, while Oyo-Iseyin Road would be commissioned soonest.

Reacting, the Minister of Works, Senator Umahi, said he was in the state to monitor and assess some federal road projects, saying that his assessment report would later be delivered to the federal government.

The Minister for Works, however, sought more cooperation from the state government in achieving success on federal government projects within its domain.

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Transportation

Ministry, FRSC, Multinational Collaborate on Sagamu-Benin Expressway

By Web News 817

The Federal Ministry of Works is collaborating with a multinational construction company and the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, to check incessant road crashes and loss of lives along the Ososa Bridge axis of the Sagamu – Benin Expressway.

The tripartite agreement is aimed at providing palliative measures on the damaged section of the Bridges and ensuring effective control of traffic along the road corridor to end frequent cases of vehicles plunging into the river. 

Ogun State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Ahmed Umar told newsmen that a joint team of stakeholders, including the Federal Comptroller of Works in the state, Mr Bakare Umar and a representative of the road contractors had also carried out an assessment of the three faulty bridges. 

The FRSC Sector Commander who explained that the move was sequel to a recent crash that claimed four lives on the road explained that the measure was to reduce the risks of motorists’ falling off the bridge into the river.

The sector commander who pointed out that traffic had been temporarily diverted to ensure seamless palliative exercise advised the road users to exercise caution while approaching the Ososa bridges, adding that the FRSC traffic control operatives from had been deployed to control traffic at the scene. 

Addressing the representatives of the Construction Company, the Federal Comptroller of Works, Mr Umar directed the contactors to begin immediate palliative works on the faulty bridges. 

He highlighted the temporary interventions to include placement of movable concrete barriers at the edge of the bridges to create a better motoring environment and prevent vehicles from a free fall into the river in the event of crashes.

Oluremi Olugbenro