Julius Berger returns to Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in March

Construction work will resume in March on Section 1 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway under reconstruction as the Federal Government had mobilised the contractor, Julius Berger PLC., to return to site.
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Godwin Eke, disclosed this after  his inspection of road projects in Lagos on Wednesday.
He said that the project was over 50 per cent completed before the contractors left site due to debts owed by the government.
Section 1 of the project being handled by Julius Berger 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, Oyo State, is being handled by Reynolds Construction Company (RCC).
Eke, who supervises Section 1 of the Expressway said:
“Recently, we got approval for augumentation 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.
He said that the President Muhammad Buhari-led administration had  been able to clear debt owed by previous administrations on road projects.
Eke  said that this would pave way for the completion of the various roads projects ongoing across the nation.
The controller also said that construction work had resumed on the  two pedestrian bridges on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
He said that the contractors had earlier abandoned site because  there was the  need to harmonise the design of the foot bridge project.
He said that the  bridges are  Bus Rapid Transit project  being executed by the Lagos State Government on the highway.
Earlier, the Director, Federal Highways, South West, Mr Emmanuel Adeoye who had  been on tour of road projects in his zone, said that he had inspected projects in Oyo, Ogun and Ondo States.
He said  that work was progressing steadily on Section 2 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Adeoye said that “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.