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LASG Begins Work On Roads
– Lagos state Government will on Monday begin construction works on Lagos roads
– All the construction companies had been mandated to mobilise their tools to the sites assigned to them
– Their activities must first give our people an immediate relief on the affected roads so that there can be free flow of traffic even during the rehabilitation work
Lagos state Government has begun Work on the deplorable city roads in Lagos State as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday declared an emergency on the situation.
The Governor gave the directive for the commencement of repairs to construction companies.
According to the Governor, all the construction companies had been mandated to mobilise their tools to the sites assigned to them.
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He said: “This (Sunday) afternoon, we have just concluded meetings with various reputable construction companies and all of them have been given the brief to immediately commence major construction work in various parts of the state.
“The exercise will begin tomorrow with palliative work on the selected roads, which are on the Island and the Mainland.
“The contractors have been given the mandate to start mobilising their equipment to their respective sites without further delay.
“Their activities must first give our people an immediate relief on the affected roads so that there can be free flow of traffic even during the rehabilitation work.”
To complement the major construction work on the highway, Sanwo-Olu said that Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) would be carrying out repairs on 116 inner roads across the state.
The Governor said that this would be in addition to the over 200 roads already rehabilitated by the corporation in the last three months.
He appealed to residents to bear with the government while efforts were being made to lessen their pains and bring permanent relief to them.
He said: “We expect the rains will begin to subside in this month of October and this is why we are mobilising our contractors to immediately start the major construction work on the identified highways and bring permanent relief to residents.
“I am giving all Lagosians the assurance that the contractors will start the construction in earnest and will deliver on the terms of agreements reached with them.”
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Sanwo-Olu said that officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) would be working round the clock to control traffic on the areas where the construction would take place.
Meanwhile, The Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure, Aramide Adeyoye, listed some of the critical areas to include Ojota stretch of the Ikorodu Road; Motorways – Kudirat Abiola Way; Apogbon Highway; Babs Animashaun Road; Agric/Ishawo and Ijede roads in Ikorodu as well as Lekki-Epe Expressway from Abraham Adesanya to Eleko Junction.
She added that there would be massive re-construction on a network of roads in Ikoyi, Ikeja GRA and Victoria Island.
She however, said that contractors deployed by the Government are: Julius Berger, Hitech, Arab Contractors, Metropolitan Construction, Slavabogu Construction, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), Rajaf Foundation Construction and RCF Nigeria Limited.
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