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Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed that the Federal Government will begin reconstruction of the Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa expressway next month.
He stated this during an inspection of ongoing federal road projects in Osun State yesterday.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on September 25, 2019 approved the reconstruction of the expressway.
He said the road, which covers distance of 112 kilometres, would cost the Federal Government N79b, adding that Kopek Construction Company would handle the project.
Fashola, who was represented by Director of Highways, South West, Funso Adebiyi, said the road, like every other road in the country, was of economic importance to government.
Describing the expressway as one of the busiest roads in the country in terms of traffic volume, he said the reconstruction work would be completed in the next three years.
He added that the Federal Government had continued to maintain the road through palliative and maintenance work, just as he appealed to commuters to co-operate with the contractor.
On the 34-kilometre Illa-Orangun-Kwara boundary road, Fashola said the project would cost the Federal Government N5.1b, adding that government had spent N1.5b to complete 10 kilometres of the road.
Also, the minister said the ongoing Efon-Alaye-Iwaraja-Ilesa 21-kilometre road construction would cost the government N4b, pointing out that the Federal Government had spent N2.9b to complete 12 kilometres of the road.
