Obe to commission Kashimawo Alimi in February, promises more roadworks

By Olushola Okewole

The Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Monsuru Bello (Obe) has said that his administration embarked on massive road rehabilitation as an effort to ease the stress faced by the residents and motorists on daily basis while plying the roads. One of the roads,Kashimawo Alimi, will be opened for use in February.

According to the council boss, the incessant gridlocks on the major roads have prompted him to rehabilitate some feeder roads in the community to serve as alternatives for the motorists.

While the grading of some roads has been completed, works are ongoing on some as some others have been marked for rehabilitation.

He told ECHONEWS that road rehabilitation is one of his campaign promises which must be delivered, saying he has promised to make the roads within the community more accessible and motorable.

Bello said many of the listed roads within the communities have now been graded to ease movement.

Some of the roads already graded include Alabi Oyo Street, Ansarudeen Street, Emi Egba Street, Goloba Ashogbon, Dish Aina Efon, Krist Oladunni, Alhaji Allah lane, Folawewo, Sunmonu Animashaun,Tobias Alarebe and Omiyale Street. 

Equally speaking on the project, the Supervisor for Works and Infrastructure, Hon. Ayotunde Ojo, said the council first carried out thorough inspections on the roads across the community and discovered that many of them were in total bad state.

He stated that having got the report of the inspections, the council chairman ordered immediate grading of the roads to ease vehicular movement.

He noted that palliative measures are being carried out on the road from Iyana Ejigbo to Ifoshi road as promised by the chairman.

He said the Kashimawo Alimi Road is set to be delivered by the contractor for commissioning and usage by February 2020.

According to him, the road is one of the projects to be commissioned by the council chairman this year, noting that on completion, the road would ease traffic jam on the main to link Bungalow Avenue to access Jakande Estate.

The Projects Manager of Combination One Limited, the contractor in charge of the road construction, Engr. Babatunde Ige, also confirmed to ECHONEWS that the road would be completed by February 2020 as all things needed for the completion have been provided by the council.

He explained that the three stages remaining to complete the road are the fallout drainage which is to take water away from the road under construction; the art-work; and the laying of stones which is the final stage.