Julius Berger set to return to Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project – Official

Construction work would resume this March on Section 1 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway under reconstruction as the Federal Government had mobilized the contractor, Julius Berger Plc, to return to site.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Godwin Eke, disclosed this to newsmen after his inspection of road projects in Lagos on Wednesday.
Eke said the project was over 50 per cent completed before the contractors left site due to debts owed it.
Section 1 of the project spans from old toll gate plaza at Ojota in Lagos State to Sagamu Interchange in Ogun State.
Section 2, which spans from the Sagamu Interchange to Ibadan in in Oyo State, is being handled by Reynolds Construction Company.
Eke, who supervises Section 1 of the expressway, said: “Recently, we got approval for augmentation because at a point, Julius Berger could not make claims for works already executed.
“So, now that we have the approval in our hands, construction work will soon resume fully on Section 1 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
“The project is more than 50 per cent completed.”
He said the President Muhammad Buhari-led administration had been able to clear debt owed by previous administrations on road projects.
Eke said this would pave the way for the completion of the various roads projects ongoing across the nation.
The controller also said construction work had resumed on the two pedestrian bridges on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
He said the contractors had earlier abandoned site because there was the need to harmonise the design of the foot bridge project.
He said the bridges are the Bus Rapid Transit project being executed by the Lagos State Government on the highway.
Earlier, the Director, Federal Highways, South West, Emmanuel Adeoye, who had been on tour of road projects in his zone, said he had inspected projects in Oyo, Ogun and Ondo States.
He said work was progressing steadily on Section 2 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Adeoye said “ancillary work” was being done on Section 2 of the highway.
“I am just returning from the inspection of Section 2 of the expressway being handled by RCC and their workers were working seriously,” he said.