Lagos State Government has revealed intentions to turn the entire State into a construction village going by the number of road projects that have been awarded by the state government for rehabilitation, construction, reconstruction and regular maintenance when rain finally subsides.

Engr. Aramide Adeyoye, Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo Olu on Works and Infrastructure, revealed this in a chat with journalists in her office.

She stated that with the improvement in the weather, Lagosians would witness massive road construction and rehabilitation in a couple of weeks to come.

She explained further that, contractors handling road projects at Ikorodu, Ijede, Agric/ Ishawo, Igbogbo, Bab Animasahun, Ojokoro Phase I & ii , Command / Ejigbo NNPC ,Pen Cinema Fly over, have been fully mobilized to move back to sites as soon as rains finally subsides.

She commended Lagosians for their patience and understanding of the situation during the heavy downpours and its attendant effects on the road conditions.

“We commend Lagosians for their patience and understanding, we are on top of the situation now, rain is gradually subsiding and there is an improvement in the weather, with the volume of construction works on ground now, Lagos is just like a construction village now, you are going to witness a lot of transformation in road infrastructure in the next few months, as this administration is poised to take governance to the next level,” Adeyoye said.

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Speaking on the on-going Apapa/Oshodi Expressway project, she said;

“We cannot have it better than now on Apapa/Oshodi Express Way, there is no reason we should not get it right, the contractor on the Federal Government side is also the contractor on the Lagos State Government side, so we don’t have any problem on the issue of designs, outfall, medians, barriers, sizing because we are perfectly collaborating and complementing each other, using the same contractor made it easier".

“In all our new projects, we considered the topography of the state as a coastal state with low lying and constant rising water table, this has influenced our choice of materials; while we may consider hot patch asphalts in some areas, we may go for cold patch asphalt in other areas, depending on the topography of each area, we will use flexible pavements where necessary but we will always consider rigid and semi rigid pavement to achieve durability.

"By the time we follow the international best way standard practice, I assure you, we will have better experience next year, no matter the intensity of the rains,” the Special adviser said.