The Federal Controller of
Works, Lagos State, Oluwatoyin Obikoya, says work on section one of the
Lagos/Ibadan expressway will be completed this month.
The emergency repair of
section one of the highway-- which spans Lagos to Shagamu Interchange-- was
awarded to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc.
Section two of the project--
which begins from the Shagamu Interchange to Ibadan --was awarded to RCC,
following the termination of the concession agreement between the Federal
Government and Bi-Courtney Consortium.
However, the two contractors closed for
Christmas on Dec. 20, 2012 and Dec. 21, 2012 respectively, with work on section
one half completed, and 90 per cent already done on section 2.
Speaking on Wednesday in
Lagos, Obikoya who is the Engineer Representative on section one, noted that
Julius Berger resumed work on site on Jan. 7.
"Right now, the
contractor is milling some corrugated sections of the road, laying asphalt and
upgrading the road shoulders.
"By the end of this
month, all failed sections would have been repaired. The emergency repair works
would be completed before the end of the month," he said.
He explained that the nature of the failure on
the section was such that made the road wavy and there was need to remove and
replace the asphalt.
He, however, said that the
asphalt removed was usually recycled and used to fill the road shoulders on
portions where there were traffic diversions. He further said that the contract
for the re-construction of the highway had not been awarded.
Also, the Engineer
Representative on Section two being handled by RCC, Mr Joseph Adesina said that
work would be completed on the section next week.
Adesina said that the work
was currently being concluded with patching of some sections and clearing and
fixing of drainage around Ojo area of Ibadan.
"They (contractors)
resumed work on Jan. 5 and by the end of next week, they would finish the
work," he said.
He said that the 10 per cent
of work left was negligible and would not take time to finish.
He, however, said that he was
compiling data and costing for the award of the re-construction of the section
to the Ministry of Works.
