The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun State Command announced on Sunday that the inward lanes of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway would be temporarily closed to allow the building company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, to rehabilitate the road.
The command clarified that the rehabilitation work would mainly affect 600 meters of the corridor in a declaration released by its Route Commander and Public Education Officer, Florence Okpe.
“This is to bring to the attention of the public, that in view of the ongoing road rehabilitation work on the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway, the construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC has notified the Corps of extension of rehabilitation work on the Expressway from around Berger to KARA bridge (otherwise known as Ogun river bridge, around the Kara cattle market ) on the Lagos-Ibadan section of the Expressway, covering 1.4 kilometers commencing from Saturday 03 August 2019’.
“The rehabilitation work which would initially affect 600 meters of the corridor would cause the temporary closure of the inward Lagos traffic , to enable the construction company effect the rehabilitation of the road and temporary diversion of traffic that would transfer the Lagos inbound traffic to the same carriageway conveying traffic outward Lagos, thereby making both the traffic inward and outward Lagos accommodated on the same section of the Expressway.”
The command encouraged motorists to schedule their journeys by enabling more time to travel in perspective of the construction job that would narrow the carriage route that could impair movement.
“The general public ,especially motorists are advised to use alternative corridors like the Epe/Ajah – Ijebu – Ode ; Lagos – Ota – Itori – Abeokuta, and Ikorodu – Sagamu as alternative routes to access Lagos,” the statement explained.
“In addition to advising motorists to increase the time of their travelling period when using this corridor during this period of the rehabilitation, motorists are further reminded to drive within the maximum speed limit of 50km per hour prescribed by the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2012, as the maximum speed at construction zones,” the official added.