Poor road design, litigation and slow pace of FG contractors responsible for traffic challenges – LASG

 

Addressing newsmen on Sunday, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos state ministry of works and infrastructure, Ajibade Bade-Adebowale and the general manager of the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC), Mr Ayo Shodeinde, also said that the roads were not designed for the pressure they are presently subjected to.

The duo also told journalists at the press conference that court actions and the slow pace of work by contractors appointed by the federal government were some of the reasons for the delay in execution of pedestrian bridge projects across the state.

Shodeinde said, “We have two roads that are of major challenges to us. They are Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and Lagos-Abeokuta Express way.

‘’During the era of President Olusegun Obasanjo, the reconstruction was done by Julius Berger, but the road later failed. The state government, knowing this, has continuously embarked on palliative works on the road. We have discovered that the road had failed even from inception. This was also the reason for the persistent  gridlock experienced by motorists on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. This road is substandard compared to the pressure it is subjected to. The volume of vehicles plying the road daily is massive,” he added.

Bade–Adebowale added that the litigation by a resident at Cement Bus Stop, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway was responsible for the delay in the completion of the pedestrian bridge across the road.

Story: Vanguard