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| Lagos State is set to wear a new look as the state government weekend, in a landmark move, awarded contracts for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 31 major roads. |
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The contracts were awarded at an extraordinary meeting of the State Tenders Board at the Akodo Beach Resort, in Ibeju Lekki which had in attendance the Ministries of Works and Infrastructure, Envir-onment and Transportation as well as bidding contractors.
Among the major contracts considered by the extraordinary Tenders Board meeting were the rehabilitation of the Ago Palace Way, Amuwo Odofin Phase 11 which has been recommended to CCECC and that of Yaba (Jibowu) Iddo-Mainland Phase 11 which has been awarded to PW Nigeria Ltd.
Other contracts listed and considered by the meeting were Upgrading/Rehabilitation of Apapa Central Business District GRA (CBD), Apapa LGA Phase 11; construction of Okota-Itire Link Bridge and road works and a holistic approach to road development in the state from 2007 to 2010.
Also considered were the construction of Ajangbadi-Ilogbo road in Ojo; construction of Ijede-Egbin road in ikorodu and the construction of Ajoke Sodamola street in Fagba Iju, among others.
Others were rehabilitation of Comfort Oboh street Kirikiri, Amuwo Odofin, rehabilitation of Abdullahi Street Kirikiri; rehabilitation of Dillion street; Kirikiri all in Amuwo Odofin, construction of Ajiweh/Okun-Ajah/Ogombo Road in Eti Osa LGA; rehabilitation of Shodipo street, Papa Ashafa, Agege; construction of Alasia street; Ijanikin, Ojo; construction of Fagbayi Network, Alimosho; rehabilitation of Balogun street, Phase 1, Agege; rehabilitation of Samuel Ekundayo street, Badagry; rehabilitation of Odo Olowu street, Ijeshatedo, construction of Oremeji/Irepodun Street, Oko Oba; construction of Rotimi Odusanya Street, Ikorodu, and construction of Mancity Olaniyi Road, Ifako Ijaiye.
The extraordinary meeting also considered contracts for the improvement of traffic gridlock in some locations such as former Toll Gate, descent of Anthony Bridge; Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way and Michael Otedola estate road (under the bridge). Others are the Falomo bridge by Ozumba Mbadiwe; construction of roundabout at Billings Way; Ikeja; Improvement of Maryland under Pass (Odo-Iyalaro) and expansion of Town Planning Way.
Governor Babatunde Fashola said the meeting was meant to fasttrack the implementation of the budget 2008 by bringing all the agencies involved in the preparation of the budget – executing ministries, funding agencies and the contractors – together to ensure that ongoing projects are sustained and that new ones conceptualised by the present administration are awarded.
That way, Fashola said, drainage works, hospital projects, housing, beautification projects and road construction would progress “steadily and enable us take advantage of the dry season to get a lot of work done before the onset of the rainy season.”
He explained that the meeting would allow sufficient progress to be made on programmes designed to ensure free movement during the rainy season and also curtail flooding.
He said: “The extraordinary meeting is meant to ensure that all agencies of government are gathered under one roof to shorten the bureaucracy. Like a product line, what should have taken a much longer period is shortened such that during the rainy season we would be spending more time monitoring projects with varying completion periods.” |
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