Commuters plying the toll gate section of the Lagos-Abeokuta road in Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government area of the state would soon be relieved from the hardship on the road as the stretch of the road from the old toll gate to the bridge is set to be completed in the next three weeks.
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun who made this known during an on the spot assessment of work done on the road which was recently grouped into five sections and awarded, said that the road which is a federal road would soon be completed.
" I inspected the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road, starting from the old tollgate section, which is completely non existent, it's failed, I have since awarded the contract for sectional rehabilitation of portions of that road, all the way to Ewekoro, work has started, I am not impressed with the speed of work, i have called the contractor, he will double up from tomorrow and I will be back here every two to three weeks to monitor the progress of work myself.
" From the toll gate to underneath the bridge, I am very confident that between two to three weeks, I am confident that we would have completed the stretch of the road from toll gate to the bridge," he said.
Governor Abiodun noted that transformers would be given to communities in the local government, saying that the state owned road maintenance team would immediately begin palliative works on roads in the local government.
" For those areas without electricity, I have called the local government, the CDC and CDA, I will release between fifteen to twenty transformers to them.
" I have told my Deputy and the Council Chairman to come up with the list of roads with pot holes, the immediate past administration constructed some roads which now have pot holes, once I get the list, between this week, our road maintenance team will be in Ota fully to cover the pot holes," he said.
Abiodun noted that youths in the local government area would benefit from a special program, saying that he has also directed that fifty-five youths should be picked from each ward based on the number of polling units they have.
On the state of the Sango-Ota-Ijoko road, Abiodun noted that a section of the road would be completed all the way to Ifo, saying that the road which will be handled by a competent firm would be completed by the end of the year.
" This road is very bad, i have a good news for you and the news is that this road was awarded two weeks ago, I have only come here to see the state of the road before the contractor finally starts work.
" We will first ensure we complete one part of the road from the bridge to Ifo,after finishing that, we will now move to the other side, by the time this year is coming to an end, you will begin to ply on a smooth road," he said.
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