Wale Jagun
The Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Bolanle Agunbiade has appealed to residents of Ikorodu and other users of Ikorodu – Mile 12 – Ketu road that the heavy traffic that they are experiencing on the road is due to the ongoing rehabilitation of the damaged portions of the road by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Limited (CCECC).
Hon. Agunbiade, who is representing the Ikorodu Constituency I at the Lagos State House of Assembly, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, after he was inundated with calls and messages from people who complained about the heavy traffic gridlock along the route.
“I have been receiving calls and messages as early as 7a.m this morning concerning the traffic gridlock outside Ikorodu, inward Ketu/ Mile 12.
“The reality concerning the road today is that the traffic situation appears heavier than ever before and the road more congested, throwing up a very perplexing situation.
“This situation is occasioned by the commencement of rehabilitation work on the Ketu/ Mile 12 road axis of the road to correct the portions of the road that has been giving us headache for sometime now.
“The contract is awarded by the Lagos State Government to CCECC and will take some months to be completed and for normalcy to return”.
He said that the government, in order to ease traffic during the period, has designed plans to ensure that there are free-flow of traffic along the route.
“The Transport/Works Ministries have put a traffic management plan and a special traffic management team to enforce the plan, engender diversion and traffic control that will ease vehicular movements during this construction period. I will plead with us to please obey all diversion signs and traffic commands by the special traffic officials. We will get it right if we don’t do it wrongly”.
While commending Governor Babajide Sanwo – Olu for his practical approach to governance, Hon. Agunbiade called on residents to suggest ways to ease movement for commuters while rehabilitation is going on.
“These plans are not in themselves cast in stones, and with impactful suggestions on how to make the road more friendly, the listening administration of our practical Governor will continue to improve on the plans and strategies to achieve greater comfort for the road users. I am currently in talks with the Commissioner for Transport and other government officials concerned with the road construction and management to achieve better and more impactful result”.
He further stated that the ongoing construction of Owutu/Isawo/Arepo road would provide alternative route in and out of Ikorodu and reduce the traffic challenges currently being faced by the people.
“I will want to assure us that by the time the ongoing construction of Owutu/Isawo/Arepo road is completed, we will have an alternative road out of Ikorodu since the road will link Ikorodu from Ishawo to Lagos/ Ibadan expressway and the Ikorodu/Mile 12 road will be eased of the current heavy traffic. You can see that our traffic problems are being attended to by the Lagos State Government and shall ease more with time and patience.
“The current circumstance may be perplexing and harrowing, but please let’s bear a little more with the Lagos State Givernment, we shall all overcome this very soon”, he pleaded.
Meanwhile, some of the commuters that experienced the chaotic traffic on the road confirmed to THE IMPACT that they saw the workers of the construction company, CCECC, on site embarking on the rehabilitation work.
