The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Godwin Eke has
disclosed that the completion rate of the current reconstruction work on the
Lagos/Ibadan Expressway has reached 17 per cent.
Eke said that unforeseen circumstances and impatient driving
on the highway by motorists had slowed down the pace of work.
According to him, while work is still going on, the level of
completion is about 17 per cent as about 12 kilometres of binder course with special
binder material on the Lagos-bound road have been done.
``We have also started work on Ibadan-bound road so that we
bring them at par.
``Drainage work is going on, we are expanding the road; we
also have a terrible traffic situation on Lagos/Ibadan (Expressway).
``We are coping but again, these tanker drivers and
container people, it’s been hell, they don’t keep to the rules, they don’t keep
to the agreement that these vehicles should keep to one side of the road.
``You see them everywhere blocking the road; so, most times
this gridlock we always talk about is as a result of drivers’ indiscipline.
``We have two lanes of diversion so if they strictly
maintain the lanes there won`t be problems but they don`t do that.
``We are slightly behind because of issues of traffic and
some other contractual issues.
``The initial hiccup when the expatriate was kidnapped and
one was killed, for some time we didn’t work; we were trying to set up our
security system because the man that was killed was the quarry expert.``
The controller explained that the expatriate that got killed
was to repair the quarry plant and the unfortunate incident led to the closure
of the plant for about two weeks.
It would be recalled that a German engineer with Julius
Berger was killed by gunmen in November, while another got abducted but got
rescued a few days later.
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