Ibadan/Lagos Express rehabilitation: FRSC calls for cautious driving

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command, has advised motorists to drive cautiously as Julius Berger Nigeria (JBN) resumed rehabilitation and reconstruction of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway from Lagos to Sagamu interchange on Tuesday.
 
The work resumes with installation of road barriers and diversions of traffic.
 
Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, gave the advice in Ota.
 
He said the advice became necessary to avoid delay and panic that ‘this occurrence and roads diversion may cause.“
 
“The FRSC is working with JBN alongside sister traffic and emergency agencies to mitigate the traffic experiences of motorists during this period,”he said.
 
The sector commander indicated that Reynolds Construction Company (RCC), responsible for the rehabilitation of the others section of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway from Sagamu interchange to Ibadan, would also resume reconstruction works.
 
According to him, the work will lead to diversion of traffic, especially within overriding axis of the Expressway.
 
 
He also admonished motorists to note increased “motorisation” due to vehicles returning after the yuletide and the need to share the highway responsibly, to avoid crashes.
 
Oladele  further urged motorists to drive at the average speed limit of 50 km at the construction sites and use their day time running lights due to poor visibility, common in the early morning and late evening to guard against road crashes.