Ogun State government has promised that the roads from Sango-Ijoko to Alagbole area of Ifo local government area, Ogun State, will be made motorable by December.
It, however, said “that is if the weather permits.”
The assurance was given on Thursday by the state’s Commissioner for Works, Engr. Ade Akinsanya, during a tour of the project which has begun.
The commissioner disclosed that due to paucity of funds, the rehabilitation had been divided into six segments.
He also added that one side of the road would be done for now, while the other side would take off when money is available.
He stated that already, contracts had been awarded for segment one from Sango and segment six from Akute with work already going on simultaneously.
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According to Akinsanya, contract had been awarded to the tune of N300 million to rehabilitate the remaining four segments by making them motorable before their complete reconstruction.
His words: “The Sango-Akute road is a 32-kilometer road awarded by the previous administration and unfortunately abandoned. What we are doing now is that instead of six lanes, we have re-scoped the road and our contractor is moving to the Sango-Ijoko area, working on that and of course the Lagos end.
“The segments one and six have been awarded. Included in the work is the palliative work that will ensure that from phase 2 to phase 5 should be motorable all the way from Sango to Yakoyo end.
“The state governor was here about three weeks ago to inspect these projects and we have been on this inspection tour since yesterday.”
Akinsanya noted that the Amosun administration, apart from abandoning the road, also failed to compensate those whose properties were demolished.
The commissioner spoke on how some of the projects were being financed through the financial ingenuity of the governor.
“As his Excellency has said yesterday, we have challenges in terms of funds but these are essential roads we need to do and we are finding ways to get them done.
“I am likewise thanking his Excellency, for always doing whatever it takes to help whenever we go to him,” he said.
Akinsanya said some of the road projects will bring about even development in the state, while money invested on them could be recovered through Internal Generated Revenue, IGR.
“Everything is on the table, and one of the things we need to look at down the road which is the question of how do we recover the money we invested on this road one way or the other?
“One thing is that probably when the road is done and development comes to the area, there will be increase in the Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) and at the same time the maintenance of cars, health and others will be improved and we are going to do what is needed by using the criteria of the Average Daily Traffic (ADT),” he said.
