CITIZENS COMPASS– LAGOS State Government on Friday, announced traffic diversion on a section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway due to ongoing rehabilitation.
The state’s Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde in a statement issued on Friday, said the diversion will be on for two and half months from January 30th to April 15th, 2023.
He said the traffic would be diverted at the Old Tollgate to Berger section of the road from Monday 30th January till Friday 15th April, 2023.
This is in continuation of the ongoing rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by the Federal Ministry of Works.
The commissioner in the notification received by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, disclosed that the construction would be carried out in short segments to minimize inconveniences for the motorists while traffic on the Ibadan bound carriageway would be narrowed to two lanes to allow for the reconstruction of half of the Ibadan bound carriageway.
Oladeinde further stated that the U-turn in front of the Lagos State Emergency Centre would be temporary closed to traffic, adding that motorists on the expressway would be diverted to the next U-turn at the Old Toll Gate by the traffic control point.
