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Lagosians get relieve as Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu open new Agege-PenCinema Bridge 4 years after
By Florence Kalu
Lagos State government has commissioned for use the 1.4 kilometre-long Agege-PenCinema
bridge started 4 years ago in the state.
Commissioning the dual carriageway flyover and five other roads at Pen Cinema in the Agege area of the state, the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the bridge is expected to end the pain experienced by motorists plying Agege-Abule Egba and Agege-Iyana-Ipaja axes.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, noted that the government was aware of the challenges residents in the area faced that made them clamoured for a solution to the suffocating nature of the perennial gridlock occasioned by the huge human and vehicular traffic, flowing through the intersection.The bridge construction was started by the Ambode administration in 2017 but could not be completed by the administration as the former governor lost his re-election bid in 2019.
The governor explained that his administration decided to continue with the construction of a precast and pre-stressed reinforced concrete dual-carriage flyover and ramp, with road works in the area.
Sanwo-Olu stated that in the government’s quest to achieve the Transportation and Traffic Management Pillar (T) in its strategic THEMES Agenda.He said the government deliberately focused on the provision of infrastructure to achieve preconceived targets of reducing travel time and save important man-hours that would have been otherwise lost to traffic.
Added that they intended to provide better riding surfaces leading to reduced maintenance costs, boost inter-connectivity, and generally make life more meaningful to commuters in the state.
In the days to come, according to the governor, commuters would testify to the improved vehicular movement and traffic flow with the attendant positive impact on businesses and living in that axis of the state.
The governor in the company of Bola Tinubu, former governor of the state, and top government officials in the state commissioned with high hopes the project expected to inject considerable life into the socio-economic activities of thousands of Lagosians.
Former Governor AKinwumi Ambode
The immediate past governor of the state who started the construction of the project in 2017 was conspicuously absent at the event which attracted the state Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat; State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa; monarchs, members of the Agege community and market leaders.
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