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<\/a><\/p>\nL-R<\/span>: Commissioner for Works & Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Johnson; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works & Infrastructure, Engr. Ajibade Bade-Adebowale and his counterpart in Ministry of Information & Strategy, Mr. Fola Adeyemi during the commencement of the Y2016 Ministerial press briefing to commemorate the First Year in Office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, April 25, 2016.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Johnson, who equally disclosed that there would be an expansion of the Allen\/Opebi Road to Odo Iya-Alaro via a link bridge at Ogudu to the Third Mainland Bridge, said the network of roads, when upgraded, would boost the economic activities in Ikeja, adding that the development was in line with the vision of Governor Ambode to transform Ikeja to a state capital in the real sense of it commensurate with other capital cities in the world.<\/p>\n Highlighting the scorecard of the Ministry so far, Johnson said the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) worked on 540 roads from May 30, 2015 to April 5, 2016 out of which outright rehabilitation was carried out on 32 of the roads, while sectional patching and overlay was done on 509 roads, adding that 433 of the roads have been successfully completed.<\/p>\n Some of the major roads rehabilitated by the LSPWC, according to the Commissioner, included but not limited to Alfa Nla Road in Agege, Metal Box Road in Ikeja, Ikotun-Ejigbo Road and the ongoing road projects in Ajasa Command and Aboru.<\/p>\n L-R: Special Adviser to the Governor on Housing, Mrs. Aramide Giwanson; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Arch. Foluso Adebayo Dipe and Director, Public Affairs Office, Ministry of Information & Strategy, Mrs. Toro Oladapo during the Y2016 Ministerial Press Briefing to commemorate the First Year in Office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, April 25, 2016.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n He said: \u201cAt the inception of this administration, this Ministry put in place a three-fold strategy for the provision of road infrastructure. The short term measure is the maintenance of existing roads known as \u201cOperation Patch the Roads\u201d, being carried out by the LSPWC, while the medium term strategy is aimed at the sustainability of existing roads, rehabilitation and construction of new roads, reconstruction of existing and expansion of highways and bridges.<\/p>\n \u201cA total of 224 on-going road projects were inherited from the previous administration in the various Local Government Areas of the State and I wish to inform you that 42 of these projects have been completed while construction works are still on-going on others.\u201d<\/p>\n He said government has already completed the alignments of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge, and that talks have been held with a consortium of consultants in furtherance of the project, while a Memorandum of Understanding would be signed before the end of May.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n