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Nothing will stop four-month closure of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway -FG

David Adenekan
David Adenekan
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Nothing will stop the closure of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for four months for reconstruction purpose, the Federal Government has stated.

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Adedamola Kuti, made this known on Sunday, saying the closure would commence on August 3.

He said the government was aware of the Eid-el-Kabir holiday coming up soon, but would still go on with the closure despite the expected increase in movement of people and vehicles.

He said the plan was to carry out the reconstruction before the Christmas period when the traffic would be very much on the road.

His words:  “What we are doing is to finish the project before Christmas when more people will be travelling. We are not closing the road totally; we are providing routes where people will follow and once everyone is patient, everything will go well.”

The proposed partial closure of the road was announced last week by the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.

It explained that the decision was to enable Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, carrying out the rehabilitation work on Section 1 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, work on the Berger-Kara end of the road.

In order to reduce the stress that might arise, the FRSC said it would deploy more staff to the area for 24-hour patrol.

It promised that the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, as well as security agencies would join in ensuring a smooth operation during the period of the reconstruction.

“Our plan is to make sure we reduce the discomfort that motorists are expected to face. It is a huge challenge to them and to us as enforcement agents as well but we are setting up camp in the area. We are bringing in personnel from other parts of Ogun State and some from Lagos State to help with traffic control,” said the Ogun Sector Commander of the FRSC, Clement Oladele.

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