The Federal Government says the reconstruction of the Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa dual carriageway will begin in February.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said this during an inspection of ongoing federal road projects in Osun State on Monday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Federal Executive Council had on September 25, 2019 approved the reconstruction of the expressway.
Fashola said the road, covering a distance of not less than 112km, would cost the Federal Government N79 billion.
He added that it would be handled by Kopek Construction Company.
The minister, represented by Funso Adebiyi, Director of Highways, South West, said the road, like every other road in the country, was of economic importance to the government.
Fashola noted that the reconstruction work would be completed in the next three years.
The minister described the expressway as one of the busiest roads in the country in terms of traffic volume.
He added that the Federal Government had continued to maintain the road through palliative and maintenance work.
Fashola, however, appealed to commuters plying the road to cooperate with the contractor that would be handling the project.
He said this was to ensure that the contractor would be able to deliver it on time.
“There is no doubt that the reconstruction may bring some discomfort, but we will try as much as possible to minimise the discomfort,” the minister said.
Fashola also said the Federal Government would complete all the ongoing federal road projects in the state.
On the 34km Ila-Orangun-Kwara boundary road, Fashola said the project would cost the Federal Government N5.1 billion.
He added that the government had spent N1.5 billion to complete 10km of the road.
Also, the minister said the ongoing Efon-Alaye-Iwaraja-Ilesa’s 21km road construction would cost the government N4 billion.
He said the Federal Government had spent N2.9 billion to complete 12km of the road.
The minister added that the 22km Lagere-Ife-Ilesa road construction would also cost the government N9 billion.
He said N3 billion had spent on the road, while work had reached 30 per cent completion.
The minister also said the government was working hard to complete the 32km Gbongan-Iwo Road.
Fashola reiterated the government’s commitment to infrastructural development in the country.
He commended Kopek Construction Company for a quality job done on the ongoing road constructions in the state.
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