"All we are saying is that the government should help to fast-track the construction of the road to ease traffic delay being experienced daily by travellers," he said.
Construction giants, Julius Berger PLC and RCC, are back on site in continuation of the re-construction of the N167 billion Lagos-Ibadan express way.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presence of workmen became more noticeable at the Redemption Camp and Arepo areas at the Lagos end of the road.
NAN
reports that while palliative works were ongoing at the failed spots in
the Redemption Camp area of the road, major construction work was being
done at the Arepo area.
Julius Berger is handling
Section One of the project, which stretches from Shagamu Inter-Change
to Lagos, while RCC is in charge of Section Two, stretching from Shagamu
Inter-Change to Ojoo, Ibadan.
The repair of the
failed sections has greatly brought relief to motorists who now
clamoured for early completion of the road which, undoubtedly, remain
the busiest highway in the country.
A source at
the Julius Berger end of the road, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
said that the company was back on the road for good, saying: "it is time to move forward on the project."
The
expected date for the completion of the project, which is being
financed through Public and Private Partnership (PPP), is July 3, 2017.
Meanwhile,
motorists and commuters who use the road have continued to appeal to
the Federal Government to speed up work to make traveling on the road
pleasurable.
Ojo Agege, a commercial vehicle
driver plying the road daily, told NAN that it was high time the
government ensured speedy completion of the project.
Lateef
Mohammed, another commercial driver, told NAN that motorists would
continue to have nightmares on the road until Federal Government fixed
the road.
"All we are saying is that the
government should help to fast-track the construction of the road to
ease traffic delay being experienced daily by travellers," he said.
Simisola
Joseph, a female trader, however, expressed optimism that with the
coming of Babatunde Fashola as Works and Housing Minister,the
construction would soon be completed.
Motorists
and travellers have also commended RCC for the progress made so far on
the Section Two of the road from Shagamu Inter-Change to Ibadan.
Femi
Ajegun, a driver, told NAN that vehicular movement was now easy with
the completion of work on some critical areas at the Ibadan end of the
road.
"With the quality of job done and
removal of long stretch of diversion by RCC, motorists and travellers
now experience some pleasurable ride," he said.
Sule
Maito, a bus passenger at Ogere area of the road, told NAN that if RCC
could continue with the way it was going, the job could be completed on
schedule.
NAN recalls that the Federal Ministry of
Works, last week after a meeting of stakeholders with the Presidency,
said that government had committed N50 billion to the project.
The ministry promised that no stone would be left unturned to ensure completion of the road rehabilitation on time.
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