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The General Manager, Lagos State Public Works Corporation, Mr. Ayotunde Sodeinde, stated during an inspection of the project that the road, which has been in a deplorable state for a while, would soon wear a new look.

According to him, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode visited the site recently and promised the communities that the government would commence an outright rehabilitation of the stretch of Ajasa-Command Road, which serves as the link to Ipaja and Ayobo communities, in two weeks.

He added that the governor said that the reconstruction was also a measure to decongest the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway for motorists transiting through Ipaja-Ayobo, Egbeda and the LASU-Iba Road.

Sodeinde said construction projects in the state were massive, adding that a similar work was being carried out simultaneously on the 2.9km dual carriageway in Church/Giwa Street along Ekoro Road in Abule-Egba.

He said the project would go through Giwa Fagbemi end of the road, with the construction of a bridge linking Abesan Housing Estate in Ipaja Town.

“For a thorough expansion to be carried out on the roads, some unapproved roadside shops have been demolished so that other facilities like drainage alignment, walkways and streetlights could be provided to enhance the beauty of the new roads,” he said.

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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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The Federal Road Maintenance Engineer in Osun State, Mr. Ayodele Omojengbesi, said this in an interview with our correspondent in Osogbo on Friday.

The repair work is ongoing at Ipetumodu and the FERMA boss said the agency’s team would move to Gbongan-Wasimi section of the road to continue the patching of the bad spots on the road.

Omojengbesi said, “There are dangerous potholes on this road and FERMA has started patching some of these potholes to make the journey on the road safe.

“We are working around Ipetumodu and after this, we will move to Gbongan- Wasimi section of the road to continue with the repair work.”

The FERMA boss said the agency was making use of direct labour to execute the work, saying the patching of potholes would be extended to the Osun Junction, which he said was prone to accidents.

To make the work cheaper, Omojengbesi said the agency was using its mini asphalt and potholes patcher with direct labour to get the work done.

He said, “We don’t buy asphalt; we produce the one we use at our mini asphalt plant and we use our pothole patchers to carry out the repair work. This is reducing the cost and it is making our work faster.

“But we don’t have enough money to repair every part of the road at the same time. We are using the little money we receive to get the sections where we are done.”

He raised the hope of motorists plying Ilobu Road, which links Osogbo with Ogbomoso in Oyo State, saying the inspection team of the agency from its headquarters had visited the road to assess it.

He said work would start soon on it but when asked to say the specific time when the repair work would commence, Omojengbesi said he could not say but stressed that the management of the agency had shown interest in fixing the road.

He stated that the Gbongan-Iwo-Awe Road in Oyo State was also inspected by the team form Abuja.

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The Project Coordinator, O’RAMP, Mr. Adelere Oriolowo, solicited the support at a stakeholders’ forum held in Osogbo on Friday.

Oriolowo said the agency needed the support of the councils and residents because the World Bank would not be indefinitely responsible for the maintenance of roads constructed under the initiative.

He stated that O’RAMP had constructed 212 kilometres of roads and was now ready to begin the construction of additional 300 kilometres to ease vehicular movement in the rural areas of the state.

Oriolowo said, “We need the support of the local government areas and residents in the areas where the roads are constructed to maintain the roads. We have trained road maintenance workers on how to use hand tools for road maintenance.” http://9japroperty.com.ng/category/news/road-maintenance-osun-agency-seeks-support

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