The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway’s inward and outward parts would be finished on or before December 2022, according to Adedamola Kuti, Director of South-West for the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.
It was earlier reported in August that travelers face difficulties when traveling from Magboro to Alausa in Ikeja. Some of these travelers traveled for hours on a trip that should take no more than an hour.
Kuti said, “The entire Lagos-Ibadan expressway, both inward and outward Lagos, will be completed in December 2022.”
Kuti provided an update on the road work and stated that the area’s traffic congestion was usual and would persist until the work on the busy road was finished.
He said, “You can’t expect less from a road that is under construction and at the same time being used by people. Of course, there will be traffic and one thing people should know is that this particular highway is the busiest in the whole of West Africa.
“So, whatever people are experiencing there now is something we expected, because this road carries the whole traffic of all the 36 States.”
He further said that the reasons why the traffic on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was bad was that “Coming on four-lane into a construction zone, and in that construction zone, you cant speed. The allowable speed in a construction zone is 30km/h. But now we are not getting that 30km/h because when you stay longer, it is either a vehicle must have broken down, most especially at the diversion area.”
Kuti added, “Some of them, in trying to divert, will be struggling with each other and in the process, there will be an accident. Some even stop by to pick up passengers, while some people do petty business in the same area.”
Further, he said that the route would be a continuous zone till one drove out if not for the aforementioned factors.
“One of the delays is the rain; it slows activity and the progress of work,” he stressed.
