Sanwo-Olu delivers 172 roads, 2.7km of bridges within a year- Commissioner 

Ibrahim Quadri

Barely a year in his second term in office, the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has completed and commissioned 172 roads translating to 177.93 km and 2.7km of bridges across the State.

The state government has also increased the pace of work on 253 other projects, totalling 298.22 kilometres of roads, 2.510 kilometre of bridges and 3.13km that are currently ongoing in different parts of the State.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure, Engr. Olufemi Daramola made this known on Friday at the Ministerial Press Briefing to commemorate the first year of the second term in office of the administration of Sanwo-Olu at Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja.

Daramola who expressed delight at some of the transformative infrastructural projects underway in Lagos, said these reflect the administration’s commitment to progress and development, some of which are the 3.89km Ojota – Opebi Link Bridge and Approach Roads,  which provide a direct route between Opebi, Mende, Maryland, and Ojota; Abiola-Onijemo link road with bridge, a 643m length of road and 135m length of the bridge section that traverses a swampy terrain to serve as a strategic link from College Road, through Ajayi Street, Ogba to Aruna/Obawole/Iju-Ishaga in Ifako-Ijaiye.

He said: “Infrastructural development remains a critical development vehicle for realising the Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S+ agenda and the greater Lagos vision of Africa’s model smart city, hence the delivery of new road projects, massive upgrading and rehabilitation of existing roads and construction of new bridges that have brought succour to the people and helped in delivering dividend of democracy to the citizenry.”

He listed some of the ongoing roads to include Babafemi Dada with Bridge-Yinka Folarin-Jamiu Lawal-Shalom Academy Road Network in Alimosho Local Government Area – a 1.57Km semi-rigid pavement road with 250m long Deck on Pile  (DOP) that replaces the former wooden bridge (Idowu Egba Bridge) and will provide a shorter route for motorists connecting LASU-IBA road (Idowu Egba bus stop) with Candos road (Academy bus stop) in Baruwa community;

Upgrading of Old Ojo road, Amuwo Odofin into a dual carriageway with a total length of 7km running parallel to Lagos Badagry Expressway from Irede Junction to Maza Maza, being executed as Continuous Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) in two phases to serve as a strategic bypass to the Lagos-Badagry Expressway for motorists from Ajeromi-Ifelodun through Kirikiri town, linking Ojo Local Government via Irede Road (Abule Oshun); and Eti-Osa – Lekki – Epe Expressway, which traverses Abraham Adesanya Intersection to Epe T-Junction with a total length of 47.88 Km.

Engr. Daramola stressed that the provisions of roads would further drive development and open up the host communities.

Assuring that all ongoing projects will be completed before the expiration of the tenure of the administration, the State Government has also vowed to deliver on some of its iconic projects such as the 150-bed New Massey Street Children’s Hospital, Lagos and the 280-bed General Hospital, Ojo.