Fed Govt defloods Lagos-Ibadan Expressway’s Long Bridge

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha has said the cleaning of the drains on the Long Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was on to curb flooding.

Kesha stated this in a phone interview, adding that the exercise had been completed on the Sagamu-bound carriageway of the bridge.

She said it would be completed in few weeks.

The controller said soon the entire bridge would be free from debris and blockades.

Mrs Kesha said:“If you travel on that bridge, you will see that one side has been desilted, it’s a work in progress. We are still working to ensure that all other sides are disilted.

“One side of the Sagamu-bound carriageway has been desilted, on the second side, work is ongoing.”

On the worn out expansion joints on the bridge, she said: “The expansion joints will be visited after this main reconstruction work.

“We do not want to increase the inconvenience that motorists are passing through at the moment.

“So, we want to be done with the reconstruction of the main pavement works, then we are going to revisit the replacement of all the expansion joints that have issues.’’

The controller said efforts were on to ensure the highway was delivered soon.