Ogun State government has announced that the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway is about to commence as the contracting firm, Craneburg, has moved to the site.
According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Lekan Adeniran, in a statement he issued on Wednesday, the flag-off/turning of the sod for the reconstruction will take place on Friday, 23 August and will be performed by Governor Dapo Abiodun.
Craneburg started mobilizing its equipment to the site about 10 days ago to begin palliative measures in an attempt to make one side of the road motorable, while construction proper begins on the other section.
The palliative measures already completed on the road cover Sango-Ota, Pakoto, Ifo, Ewekoro, Itori, and Obada, with stone bases spread on the bad portions to make traveling less stressful while the reconstruction is ongoing.
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The federal government-owned road has been in a deplorable state for more than 20 years.
It was finally handed over to the state government this year by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration after previous efforts.
Governor Abiodun emphasized that bureaucratic bottlenecks stalled the reconstruction of the road.
While recalling the efforts by the Ogun and Lagos state governments to take over and reconstruct the expressway, Abiodun said he and his Lagos State counterpart were frustrated by delays from the federal government.
According to the governor, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the federal government was approached again for the transfer of the road to the state, a request that was granted.
