LAMATA'S ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKS

85 contracts of various categories of maintenance have been awarded in the first year under the road network efficiency improvement component. 59 of the contracts are routine, 22 recurrent, 3 periodic while 1 is rehabilitation. The contracts are being executed on a total of 176 roads over a distance of about 514 kilometres across the Lagos metropolis. We have made a commitment of $22.356 or N 3.018 billion, representing the total contract value of these projects, out of which we have paid only $8.7 million or 1.157 billion Naira, based on work certified to date by our consultants.

The three periodic lots or groups of roads cover stretches and portions of roads in 19 Local Government areas in the Lagos Metropolis.

The first lot covers 19 roads, including Creek Road; Rhodes Crescent; Iganmu Road; Market Street; Ojoo Road; Randle Avenue; Commercial Avenue; Glover Street; Wakeman Street; Palm Avenue Abule Ije Road; Church Street; Industrial Avenue; Diya Street Jagunmolu Street; Shogbamu Street; Amukoko Road; Savage Street and Ogunlana Drive.

Included in the second lot are the following 17 roads: Alli Balogun Street; Docemu Street; Freeman Street; Upper Street; Orogiri Road; Phoenix Avenue; Williams Avenue; Akanbi Street; Dabiri Street; Bariga Street; Adetayo Osho Street; George Street; Igbobi College; Olumo Street; Shipeolu Street; Adelabu Street and Adeniran Ogunsanya Drive.

Covered in the third lot are11 roads: Idimu Road; Ladipo Oluwole Avenue; Balogun Road; Industrial Crescent; Oba Akinjobi Street; Olatunde Daniel Street; Oshodi Road; Tinubu/Oyewole Street; Isolo Road; Majolate Street and Fatai Atere Street.

The periodic maintenance works involve application of asphalt overlays, reconstruction of walkways, road markings and installation of concrete lined drains to control flooding. They also entail some minor Traffic System Measures such as signage and traffic light installation at some junctions.

The one rehabilitation lot involves the complete rehabilitation of Ijegun Road in Igando-Ikotun local government area. The rehabilitation works involve application of an overlay of 50-millimetre thick hot rolled asphaltic wearing course, as well as the reconstruction of drainage systems, pavements, kerbs and pedestrian walkways.

The duration of all the maintenance contracts, recurrent and periodic, is 12 months and the roads will be repaired and continuously maintained over the period. The unique thing about this is that the contractor is under obligation to keep the roads in good condition for a period of one year. In which case even when a new damage occurs on a road already completed, the contractor has to put it right, at no extra cost.

It needs to be emphasized that through LAMATA’s road development programme, the Lagos State government is doing more than improving roads. It is also creating jobs. These contracts have together generated direct employment for about 6,000 grassroots people in Lagos State.