29th June, 2015
Following the present poor state of some roads caused by the rain, the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) has earmarked about 90 roads for rehabilitation.
The roads to be rehabilitated are majorly in the metropolis with high vehicular movement.
Revealing this in Lagos, the new helmsman of the Corporation, Engineer Ayotunde Shodeinde, said the present state of roads in the state has become a source of concern to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
Shodeinde disclosed that the Corporation has decided to rehabilitate 90 roads within the next two weeks inspite of the rains.
“We cannot continue to blame weather condition for the hardship being caused our people by potholes,” he said, adding that “the corporation will take advantage of any dry period to quickly move to site and carry out maintenance operations, be it during the day or night time.”
While appealing to Lagosians for patience, Shodeinde assured that in the days ahead, the Corporation’s operations will assume a more robust dimension to enable Lagosians feel its presence in the state.
Already, road maintenance work has commenced on some of the roads earmarked for repair. They include Dopemu Road, Agege, Ojo Road, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Old Abeokuta Road, Agege, Iyana-Ipaja-Egbeda Road, Alimosho, Shasha Road, Alimosho, Old Ojo Road, Kuye-Amuwo-Odofin, Mowo-Ikoga Road, Badagry, Osho Road and Olubote Street in Epe, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway (Abule-Toll gate axis), Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja and Oyemekun Road, Ifako-Ijaiye.
Also listed for maintenance are Ipaja Road, AP-Alagba, Agege, Kikrikiri Road, Olodi, Apapa, Ikotun-Igando Road, Alimosho, Ikotun-Egbe Road, Alimosho, Liverpool Road, Apapa, Badagry, Ketu-Ejinrin Road, Epe, Ogunnusi Road, Ojodu-Ogba, Ikeja, Alausa roads network, Ikeja, Allen Avenue/Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway (Cement-Ile Zik Axis) and Owolegbon Street, Atunrase Estate, Gbagada Phase1, Kosofe.
Others to be fixed include Aradagun-Ajido-Iworo Road, Badagry, Ajah-Ado-Badore Road, Eti-Osa, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Ojo-Igbede Road, Ojo, Agege Motor Road, Mushin, Herbert Macaulay Way, Lagos Mainland, Bush/Ajike Faromobi/Thomas Laniyan/Anthony Village Road, Kosofe, Itire-Mushin Road, Surulere, Tokunbo Street, Lagos-Island, Apapa Road, Ebute-Meta, Lagos Mainland and Agege Motor Road, Ladipo-Cappa Axis.
The maintenance will be carried out using either asphalt premix or paving stones and other palliative measures, all in an attempt to improve the motoring experience of Lagosians.
Meanwhile, motorists and other road users have been enjoined to use alternative routes whenever the Corporation’s men are seen at the mentioned locations, so as to reduce the challenges associated with road maintenance operations.