Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, FRSC in Ogun State, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Wednesday
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According to Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC’s Head, Media Relations and Strategy, the Corps Marshal, who was on physical inspection of the portion, was visibly disturbed by the hardship being experienced by commuters due to the temporary closure of the section of the road
Section one of the project spans from Ojota in Lagos State to the Sagamu Interchange in Ogun State.
A statement by Hakeem Bello, Special Adviser, Communications, to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the move was to speed up work
Sources said the accident occurred at about 4pm at Ogunmakin area of the expressway
Last week, motorists and commuters at some point in time spent over seven hours crossing both ends of the expressway for a journey that ordinarily was less than 30 minutes
Fashola gave the directive during an inspection tour of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday
NAN reports that the construction company had narrowed the four-lane Long Bridge linking Warewa in Ogun State to Berger Bridge at the Lagos-Ogun States boundary to two lanes.
Reconstruction and rehabilitation works on the highway were suspended due to some issues with the Federal Government, which included funding
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the accident occurred Friday on the road where the popular Kara Cattle Market is located
This is in continuation of the construction of a pedestrian bridge at Berger Bus Stop of the expressway
The eyewitness, identified as Kolawole Ojo, told NAN at the scene that the commercial bus driver drove against traffic and had a head on collision with an oncoming car
“A Mazda bus with registration number APP36XA and a Mercedes Benz truck with registration number GNN774XA were travelling to Ibadan before they rammed into each other
The court stopped the concession until the determination of the main suit.
While delivering his ruling in a suit filed by Bi-Courtney Highway Services Limited against the Attorney General of the Federation, the Federal Ministry of Works, the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, the Infrastructure Bank Plc and Motorway Assets Limited on Friday, the Court granted a Mandatory Injunction on the fresh concession agreement, purportedly signed by the defendants on January 16, 2015, as prayed by the Plaintiff/Applicant
Julius Berger is handling Section One of the project, which stretches from Shagamu Inter-Change to Lagos, while RCC is in charge of Section Two, stretching from Shagamu Inter-Change to Ojoo, Ibadan
Olubakinde, who spoke to NAN in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, said: “The construction company (RCC) is facing challenges of finance, weather, especially rain, and impatience on the part of road users, often resulting in accidents within work location
The Federal Ministry of Works Engineer Representative on the project, Kayode Ibrahim, declined comment, but confirmed that work had begun on the site
Construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, has suspended work on the ongoing reconstruction of Section 1 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway…
Ukpong, who is the engineer representative in charge of Section 2 of the expressway, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that other aspects of the reconstruction work so far completed included drains and culverts
Eke told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the strength of the road shoulder on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was being increased to guard against misuse
Eke told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday that unforeseen circumstances and impatient driving on the highway by motorists had slowed down the pace of work