After years of neglect, the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway is set to be rebuilt, bringing succour to motorists who have endured the deplorable condition of the road for over 20 years.
The contracting firm, Craneburg, has mobilized equipment to the site and commenced palliative measures to make one side of the road motorable while construction begins on the other section.
The palliative measures, which have already been completed, cover Sango-Ota, Pakoto, Ifo, Ewekoro, Itori, and Obada, with stone base spread on the bad portions to ease travel stress.
The reconstruction project will be flagged off on Friday, August 23, by Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun.
Governor Abiodun attributed the delay in the reconstruction to bureaucratic bottlenecks, recalling the efforts of Ogun and Lagos state governments to take over and rebuild the expressway.
He expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for granting the request to transfer the road to the state government, paving the way for the reconstruction to begin.
He said: “The Abeokuta-Ota-Lagos road is a federal government road and has been in very bad shape for long. Because of the suffering our people endure on the road, my counterpart in Lagos and I jointly wrote a letter using a single letterhead to the federal executive council seeking the transfer of that road for us to reconstruct.
“After waiting for a month without a reply, we wrote a reminder. That road was not handed over to us until the present federal government came on board.
“The contract for the road had been awarded since May this year.”
