FG to spend N160.7bn on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction!

The reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will cost the Federal Government N160.7bn, the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe disclosed.

Speaking in an interview with Punch reporters on Tuesday, Okupe said the road would be made up of three lanes on either side from Lagos up to the Sagamu interchange, and two lanes from there up to Ibadan.

“The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was awarded on Monday at a total cost of N160.7bn.

“The multi-lane road project, which will be handled by Julius Berger Construction Company and the RCC, will consist of three lanes on either side up to Sagamu junction, and two lanes up to Ibadan as well as a flyover and inter-change at the Redemption Camp to solve the perennial traffic gridlock on that portion of the road.”

Okupe also said the contractors had started mobilising to the site, adding that the government was determined to solve the crises on the road once and for all.

“Government is serious on infrastructure. You can see that major roads like the Kano-Maiduguri, Benin-Ore, Abuja-Lokoja, Owerri-Onitsha, Katsina-Daura and East-West roads and many others are being rehabilitated or reconstructed. The second Niger Bridge has been given out on concession and work is in steady progress,” the presidential aid said.