Lagos plans road rehabilitation in Mushin, others
The General Manager, Lagos State Public Works Corporation, Mr. Ayotunde Sodehinde, says the state government plans to rehabilitate more roads in the state.
Sodehinde, who stated this during a tour of the ongoing Ikotun-Ejigbo Road project, said the state government had recently awarded the rehabilitation of a bad portion of Regina Mondi, in Mushin Oloosa, and had also directed that palliative and rehabilitation work should commence on Fadeyi Road; Brown Street, Oshodi; Naval dockyard, Apapa and Ketu outward to Ikorodu.
He said the ongoing drainage work on the Ikotun-Ejigbo Road would assist in containing rain water and discharge from homes and industries to the bigger drains.
According to him, other roads in need of rehabilitation within the state will also be attended to in due course.
He added that in the last three months, the LSPWC had carried out palliative and minor rehabilitation work on about 120 roads in the state and that 33 teams of the corporation were at various locations of the state monitoring the roads, to identify all the bad portions needing attention.
“The bad weather and paucity of funds contribute immensely to the slow pace of road repairs in the state but as soon as the rains subside, all the roads will be attended to,” he said.
Sodehinde said the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, had directed that all the 57 local government councils should submit at least four bad roads in their neighborhood to the state government for rehabilitation and reconstruction.
He said, “Amongst the roads the corporation has worked on in the last three months are the Lekki-Epe Expressway; Eleran Igbe T-Junction, Epe; Odunlani Street, Bariga; Adekoya Street, off College Road, Ifako Ijaiye; Fatai Atere Way, Ladipo; Lakowe-Bogige inward Ajah; and Town Planning Way/Industrial Avenue, Ilupeju.
“We have also worked on Lawanson-Itire Road, Ijesha, Surulere; MKO Gardens Road Alausa; Alhaji Akinwunmi Street, Ladipo, Mushin; Asa Afariogun Street and Lateef Salami Street, both in Ajao Estate, to mention just a few.”
Sodehinde however said that the automobile mechanics using the roads as their garages to repair vehicles should desist from the act as chemical discharge such as oil, petrol and diesel could damage the roads.
He also urged car-wash operators to ensure that they channel their waste water properly as it is unfriendly to asphalt used for road construction.
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