The
government has equally appealed to the citizens to bear the discomfort when
plying the roads currently being rehabilitated, assuring that the maintenance
will be of high quality and it will be completed in due course as the staff of
the state Public Works Department work day and night everyday including
weekends.
The
Special Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Infrastructure, Mr. Gbenga
Akintola made the disclosure during a media briefing on Wednesday in Ibadan at
the film Theatre, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, explaining that
trunk A roads are Federal roads, Trunk B are state roads while Trunk C Are
local roads.
Mr.
Akintola was accompanied by the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and
Tourism Mr. Toye Arulogun stated that the State Public Works department is
carrying out routine maintenance on Command-Apata-Odo
Ona-Dugbe-Mokola-Sango-UI-Ojoo-Moniya Road networks.
He
said that other road networks undergoing maintenance include Molete-Oke Ado-Oke
Bola-Dugbe-Ekotedo Queen Cinema, Mokola-UCH-Gate with spur to parliament road,
Secretariat-UI with spur to Government House, Custom, Awolowo,
Osuntokun, Mary hill and Challenge -Molete-Beere-Oje-Gate Roads.
The
Special Adviser said that the department has completed the routine maintenance
of Asphaltic Improvement of Beere-Oranyan-Orita Aperin road; Asphaltic
Rehabilitation of Ogbomoso High School – Baptist High School Road (Phase I);
Reconstruction of failed existing double 3m x 3m x 11m Box culvert on Akoko stream
along Ilero-Iganna Road and Provision of informatory Traffic Signs around the
State High Court at Ring Road and Iyaganku, Ibadan.
Others
are Asphaltic Rehabilitation of Oroki - Emmanuel Alayande College of Education,
Oyo (Phase I); Asphaltic Rehabilitation and underpinning of eroded concrete
base of existing culvert outlet near Heritage Bank Iyana Church and Oyeniyan
B/Stop along Iwo Road, Olodo Road; Asphaltic rehabilitation of Ariyo Box
culvert Approaches, Olorunsogo/Akanran road, Ibadan and Asphaltic
Rehabilitation of Idi Arere-Popo Yemoja-Oke Ado with spur to Bode Market.
The
completed road networks also included Asphaltic Improvement of Iyaganku - N.T.C
Road; Asphaltic Improvement of Eleta - Odinjo-Muslim Overhead Bridge;
Repair/Reinstatement of vandalised Steel Barricade under Mokola Flyover at
Mokola, Ibadan; Asphaltic Construction of Ologuneru Junction – Abanla – Alafara
Junction and Asphaltic Rehabilitation of Oje Ibadan - Mobil, Yemetu Junction
with spur to Adeoyo Hospitral, Yemetu Road among others.
Akintola
appealed to the citizens to bear the discomfort associated with the routine
road maintenance, noting that the department is working assiduously to ensure
that the maintenances are completed in due course.
He
said “we are very strategic about our work and we have injected feedback
mechanisms. We get enquiry and treat same with the utmost urgency the enquiry
might require. We are on the road to make our roads better and we know there
will be discomfort during this period but the discomfort is time bound.
“We
want to maximize this dry season to cover a lot of grounds and the routine
maintenance will be carried out across the state. Where we cannot engage in
routine maintenance, we might resolve to palliative measures. We appeal to our
citizens to bear with us and get it touch with us in case our attention is
needed,” Akintola added.
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