Residents and commuters at Agege-Pen Cinema axis will soon heave a sigh of relief, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured them of accelerated completion of the abandoned Pen-Cinema bridge.
He said the contractor would soon be remobilised to site.
The governor spoke yesterday while on an inspection tour of ongoing rehabilitation work on major roads in Iju area by the Lagos State Public Works Corporation.
He expressed concern over the pains residents and motorists experienced due to gridlock on the alternative routes, which were in very terrible state, promising to ensure timely completion of the bridge as a compensation for months of discomfort.
Sanwo-Olu said: “I can assure you that we are in talk with the contractors handling key road projects in Ikorodu, which are Igbogbo and Ishawo roads, and also a critical project in Agege, which is the Pen Cinema bridge. Our promise is that, if it is not by end of this month; then, by next month, the contractors will be fully mobilised back on sites to complete the work.
“We are particularly concerned about the pain motorists are going through because of the incomplete construction of Pen Cinema bridge. We are hoping that the contractor handling the bridge construction too will be mobilised back on site. Once we push these three critical infrastructures and get them completed, relief will come to residents in these areas.”
He said the ongoing road repair across the state was an outcome of his Executive Order, which declared emergency rehabilitation of critical roads, adding that the repair was being carried out in six segments.
The governor said the highways and arterial carriages were captured in the first set of repair across the state.
He said repair work would begin on roads captured in other segments in succession. Sanwo-Olu urged commuters to be patient while the repair is being carried out.
He expressed satisfaction on the level of work done, saying the road rehabilitation would be ongoing until 100 major roads marked for repair in all local governments get done.
Sanwo-Olu said his administration would continue to be responsive to the challenges confronting the people, noting that his government would focus on bringing relief to taxpayers.
“We have risen up to the expectations of Lagosians and we believe there is still a lot more to do. It is a work in progress. But we can feel the immediate relief that are coming to residents of all the areas where the rehabilitation work is being done currently,” he said.
With the governor during the inspection were his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Head of Service Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola and General Manager Lagos State Public Works Corporation Daramola Olufemi, an engineer.