The Federal Government has promised to complete the Lagos-Ibadan expressway by mid-September, years after the reconstruction of the important expressway commenced.
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, have this assurance on Tuesday, during a visit to the sites of completed and ongoing Federal Government projects in Lagos State.
Construction work is ongoing on the last stretch of both sides of the expressway after several missed deadlines.
The inspection tour started at outer Marina Road, in Victoria Island, a project constructed under the SUKUK financing option by the Federal Government.
The minister also inspected the newly rehabilitated Eko Bridge, then he moved to Ijora Olopa, the Lagoon section of Eko Bridge and Apapa.
Umahi was briefed by officials of the ministry and contractors handling different projects on that axis.
The minister is also expected to inspect the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the reconstructed Apapa -Oshodi expressway, the Deep Sea Ports, and other Federal Government projects on the Lagos and Ogun states corridor.
Between 2016 and 2022, a total of 8,352.94 kilometre of roads were constructed or rehabilitated, according to the scorecard released by the Ministry of Works and Housing towards the end of the previous administration.
