Ogun Govt Commences Rehabilitation Of Sango-Otta Road

The Ogun State Government has began rehabilitation work on the Sango-Otta part of Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

The deplorable state of the Sango-Ota end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway has caused more harm than good for business owners and individuals in the area as motorists and commuters have had a hectic time plying the route.

The almost three-kilometre stretch of Joju, immediately after the Sango-Ota Bridge inward Ifo, was abandoned. The road was dotted with large potholes lodged with water.

Both trucks and vehicles were forced to connect to the other lane, as they faced oncoming vehicles only to connect back to their lane at the Igbala end of the road.

The state government, in a statement issued by its Commissioner for Works, Ade Akinsanya, said the intervention was coming against the failure of the Federal Government to arrest the degeneration of the road.

According to him, the rehabilitation work has been divided into five segments. The first segment starts from the Tollgate end of the expressway to Singer, which is a distance of about 7.5kilometers.

He added that the second segment covers Singer to Ifo, third segment takes off from Ifo to Papalanto, the fourth segment is from Papalanto to Itori, while the last segment will see the rehabilitation work taking off from Itori to the end of the road at the Brewery.

Akinsanya said that already, the contract for the first segment from the Tollgate to Singer has been awarded and work is currently ongoing.

The commissioner further said that the Tollgate to Singer section of the road is the most deplorable, noting that one side of the road has been totally abandoned and can only be plied by heavy-duty trucks.

He said, “Another deplorable section of the road is between Papalanto and Itori”.

Akinsanya noted that the state government could not wait for the federal government to fix the road as a result of its deplorable state.

He reiterated the determination of the state government to deliver quality projects that will stand the test of time.