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He explained that there is a need to prepare the ground around the Punch area, which is why the traffic diversion is necessary to expedite construction work.<\/p>\n
Popoola went on to say that the traffic would be diverted onto the Lagos-bound carriageway.<\/p>\n
He pleaded for road users’ patience, saying that adequate arrangements had been made for traffic regulatory agencies to manage the construction zone in order to avoid gridlock.<\/p>\n
“Because the Federal Government wants to finish the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project by next year, the pace of activities on the road must pick up.”<\/p>\n
“Julius Berger will asphalt between Arepo and Warewa, so traffic will be diverted for six days.”<\/p>\n
“The public is urged to be patient with the Federal Government,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mr Olukayode Popoola, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, announced on Sunday a six-day traffic diversion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, beginning Monday, to expedite construction work. According to a statement from Popoola, the diversion will allow Julius Berger, the contractor in charge of section one of the project, to lay asphalt between Arepo and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[591,68,30,592],"class_list":["post-1417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-expressway","tag-fg","tag-lagos-ibadan","tag-traffic"],"yoast_head":"\n