Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Lagos State residents that work will commence on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway from Mazamaza to Okokomaiko in June.
The governor, who stated this on Sunday while on an inspection tour of the expressway, said contractors would resume work on with access to needed financing.
“We shall be moving to site this month. Work will commence after we’ve crossed all the t’s and dotted all the i’s. We will ensure we close our conversation with CCEC and move to site because work has been abandoned here for almost four years,” Sanwo-Olu said.
He noted that the road from the National Theatre to Mazamaza has been completed but has become impassable due to indiscriminate dumping of refuse and misuse by traders, adding that massive clean-up will take place in the coming week.
“We started the journey from Orile Iganmu through Mazamaza, and finally here at the Trade Fair. The road from National Arts Theatre up to Maza-Maza has actually been constructed but unfortunately, the refuse on the road has not made the work shown.
“There are lots of infrastructure on the road including the railway line. The refuse had not allowed us see the road. I don’t know how it will take but it’s going to be a major task force to clean up that corridor,” he added.
Sanwo-Olu also expressed readiness to partner with the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the road from Okokomaiko to Seme border.
