The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has told the contractor handling the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway to use concrete for the reconstruction work or quit handling the project.
According to the Minister, the road should be reconstructed with concrete pavement to address the threat of water to asphalt pavement.
Umahi gave the directive during an inspection of emergency repairs of a 7km stretch of the road within Lagos State on Tuesday.
He noted that the Ogun State section of the road was already being handled by the Ogun State Government.
The minister said that concrete pavement would address the threat of water to asphalt pavement, assuring that funds would soon be released for the completion of repairs of the remaining 11km stretch.
He told the contractor handling the emergency repairs to concentrate on deploying the stone basement and reopen it to traffic.
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The minister added that asphalt could be laid by mid-November.
He said that due diligence was in progress for comprehensive reconstruction of the expressway.
Umahi said: “My recommendation for this road has been to use concrete, and it looks that the investor insisted on using asphalt.
“My coming here today has reinforced my belief and my conviction that what we will use here will be concrete.
“If the investor will not use concrete, he should go out of the road.”
In her remarks, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Olukorede Kesha, thanked the minister for his interventions to bring succour to users of the expressway.
Kesha said: “Before now, this place was impassable.
“As I said in the news the last time, it was drum holes not potholes and it was impassable.
“With your directive, sir, the contractor moved to site, and we can see that life is being restored back to the highway.”
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Federal Government had on September 30, 2024 said that the palliative works would be completed within two weeks.
The palliative works involve filling of drum holes, laying stone bases and applying a binding layer to ensure a smoother road surface.
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