Benin-Ofosu dual carriageway is 91.30% completed and will be ready before end of 2013 says Onolememen.

[FMINigeria]

                         Arc. Mike Onolememen, the Minister of Works has stated that the reconstruction of the Benin-Ofosu end of the Benin-Ore-Shagamu-Lagos Dual Carriageway will be delivered before the end of 2013.

The Minister said this while conveying the National Good Governance Tour Team, led by the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, on inspection tour of the road from Benin City.

The road which begins from Kilometre Zero (Km 0) on Dawson Road in Benin City was awarded to Messrs. Reynolds Construction Company Limited and is 91.30 per cent completed. The road which is 75.87km in length forms part of the Transnational Highway that leads to the Atlantic City of Lagos and links Nigeria to Mombasa in Kenya. The reconstruction work achieved so far on this road, Onolememen said, has reduced travel time of commuters from about 10 hours to 4 hours as they travel from Lagos to Benin and vice versa.  It has also reduced the carnage and loss of properties on this route.  The Minister also recalled that this reconstruction work forms part of the 1,000km of reconstructed Federal Highways added to the Federal Highway network in 2012 by the Federal Ministry of Works.

On his part, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, noted that the efforts of the Federal Ministry of Works forms part of the agenda of the present administration to transform the road sector and deliver safe and good motorable roads to the Nigerian publics.  He commended the Federal Ministry of Works and urged the Minister to ensure the delivery of the road as promised.

At the notorious Ovia River Bridge which has been reinforced with protective concrete at both shoulders, the Minister of Information appealed to motorists to exercise caution as they drive on Nigerian roads in order to save lives.

Via: Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Nigeria