Lagos Island Residents Cheer As Sanwo-Olu Commissions Dualised Roads

Sanwo-Olu has been commissioning projects since Wednesday as his first term in office winds down.
His project inauguration spree took him home, Lagos Island.
Besides roads, he commissioned the remodelled Iga Iduganran PHC.

Eko Hot Blog reports that a crowd of Lagos Island residents trooped into the streets on Friday as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu arrived the area to inaugurate multiple projects.

Sanwo-Olu commissioned the newly upgraded Adeniji Adele Road and the rehabilitated Tapa Street in the Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), ending the period of hardship faced by commuters in transiting from the eastern end into Isale Eko.

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The formal opening of the road project drew spontaneous excitement from the residents, who heaved a sigh of relief from perennial flooding and traffic congestion.

The governor also officially reopened the redeveloped and upgraded Iga Iduganran Primary Healthcare Centre in Isale Eko, which was razed in 2020 by rampaging hoodlums in the aftermath of protests against police brutality.

The upgraded Adeniji Adele Road on Lagos Island

Sanwo-Olu said the upgrading of Adeniji Adele Road was part of the steps being taken for the extensive regeneration of public infrastructure across Lagos Island, which, he said, would start soon from the northern part of the area.

The governor said the Adeniji Adele Road was expanded from a single-lane to a dual semi rigid pavement carriageway. He said the road infrastructure was reinforced with concrete drains, culverts, median barriers and fitted with LED-powered streetlights.

He said: “Adeniji Adele Road is of great importance to the people and vehicular movement on Lagos Island. It is a strategic road that traverses administrative boundaries of Lagos Island East LCDA and Lagos Island Local Government Area. We did not choose the road for upgrade based on emotion, but out of the need for regeneration of decrepit infrastructure on Lagos Island.

“This necessity made us to redesign the road from a single lane to four-lane dual carriageway. We also extended the intervention to Tapa Street to ease pressure on the arterial roads.

“Today, we are handing over the infrastructure to the community. This ceremony further demonstrates our belief and resolve to ensure there is meaningful improvement in the metropolis. This is part of the beautification our Government has brought back into this community.”

Sanwo-Olu reiterated his pledge to continue to deliver on his campaign promises to the residents, stressing that his administration had successfully constructed and rehabilitated over 1,600 roads across the State.

He said the state government achieved construction of 141 new roads which spanned 700 kilometres.

The governor said his government had kept faith with the state’s development master plan and his administration’s development agenda.

Sanwo-Olu added that similar regeneration work was being carried out in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Alimosho, Agege and other Kosofe to open the State for connectivity and enhance commercial opportunities for Lagos.

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, and other government officials at the commissioning of the redeveloped Iga Iduganran Primary Healthcare Centre

Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, led residents to the grand reopening of Iga Iduganran Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) redeveloped by Rebuild Lagos Trust Fund and Zenith Bank.

Sanwo-Olu said the scope of health services being provided in the PHC had been expanded from its initial capacity, upgrading the facilities to a semi second medical centre.