Minister Fashola has stated that the FG has not neglected the Lagos-Badagry expressway road rehabilitation.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has
assured that the Federal Government has not forgotten the ongoing Lagos-Badagry
Expressway rehabilitation/reconstruction project as it is on the 2021 Sukuk
funding priority list.
This
follows the funding challenges which has slowed down the pace of work on the
project and the moves by the government to fully resolve them.
The
assurance was given by Fashola during an inspection tour of road
projects in Lagos state on Saturday, April 3, 2021.
What the Minister of Works and Housing is saying
Fashola
said that major drainage works were currently going on to upgrade the highway
from its old status and ensure durable construction, noting that funding
challenges were being resolved.
He
said, “Lagos-Badagry Expressway is the real challenge. Again it is
funding. We are owing the contractor. That is why I said if we can expand the
Sukuk this year, we are going to look at a few more roads to add to it.
If we succeed Lagos-Badagry Expressway is one of the top roads we
are pencilling down for the Sukuk in 2021. If that happens, then the contractor
will do his work but I think it is important to help us communicate to the
people who use that axis that they are not forgotten.
Work has started. There was a time when there was no contractor
there, so, there is now a contractor,’’ the Minister said.
He
pointed out that the Federal Government is diligently executing the project to
ensure quality durable construction with adequate channels as the road has now
become a superhighway due to development on that corridor.
What you should know
·
Nairametrics had earlier reported that
the Lagos State Government has moved to ensure the quick completion of the
ongoing work on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway with the setting up of a 7-man
ad-hoc committee, headed by the Deputy Governor of the state, Dr Obafemi
Hamzat, with a mandate to have a dialogue with the Federal Government and
secure a guarantee for quick completion of ongoing work on the Okokomaiko-Seme
Border stretch of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
·
The extensive reconstruction of the expressway, which began in
2010, involves the widening of the road from 4 lanes to 10 lanes for vehicles,
and a new mass transit line that will operate in the median.
·
The project, which has faced a series of delays, also includes a
light rail project with train stations.
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