Julius Berger to resume work on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway this month of March – Federal Controller of Works.

Construction work would resume this March on Section 1 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway under reconstruction as the Federal Government had mobilized the contractor, Julius Berger PLC., to return to the site.
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Godwin Eke s disclosed this to Newsome after his inspection of road projects in Lagos on Wednesday.

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He said that the project was over 50 percent completed before the contractors left site due to debts owed it.
Section 1 of the project being handled by Julius Berger spans from old toll gate plaza at Ojota in Lagos state to Sagamu Interchange in Ogun.
Section 2 which spans from the Sagamu Interchange to Ibadan in Oyo State is being handled by Reynolds Construction Company (RCC).
Eke who supervises Section 1 of the expressway said, “Recently, we got approval for augmentation because, at a point, Julius Berger could not make claims for works already executed.

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“So, now that we have the approval in our hands, construction work will soon resume fully on Section 1 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
“The project is more than 50 percent completed,” he said.

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