The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N64 . 108bn for additional work on the Lagos- Ibadan Expressway.The approved additional work will be done on Section I of the road from Lagos to the Sagamu interchange.
The Minister of Power , Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola , disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa , Abuja on Wednesday.
Fashola said the additional work would cover pedestrian bridges as well as toll plazas for that section in order to accommodate the changing nature of the road.
The Minister said, “ The council approved additional work on Section 1 of the Lagos- Ibadan Expressway. The council approved additional work on over 43 . 6 kilometres for N64 . 108bn , which cover pedestrian bridges and toll plazas for that section so as to accommodate the changing nature of that road .
“ Since its conception , so many new structures : religious institutions , factories , universities and increased human activities , have come up along that road .
“ The inherited design didn’t provide for these at all . The additional work is also to modify the quality of bitumen , polymer modified bitumen , in order to deal with the heavy cargo that passes through that road .
“ The first section is handled by Julius Berger . The second section under RCC, which covers over 80 kilometres, will come to council to incorporate similar work , including drainage work when we finish the procurement . ”
He added that the council approved the award of the Subaila – Falala – Bini- Baku – Bauchi Road that connects Kano and Bauchi states for N4 . 578 bn.
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