No comment for now - just for the records.
By December 31st 2013 I hope to be able to say "complete" to President GEJ on this one, even though it falls far short of what that road deserves.

Tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock.....

@insincere9nigerian
The bolded below is what I referenced when saying that Julius Berger's "patch-work" last year was to allow GEJ to get to RCCG, and promptly announced that there was no contract to work on the road once GEJ was done receiving blessings!!!
This is not the way a president should administer a nation.

http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/fg-votes-n3bn-for-lagos-ibadan-expressway-rehabilitation/
APRIL 12, 2013 BY RASHEED BISIRIYU

The Federal Government plans to spend N3bn on the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway this year.

The amount, according information obtained from the website of the Budget Office of the Federation, has been provided for in the 2013 budget.

A breakdown of the figure shows that N1.5bn is earmarked for the first section of the road from Lagos to the Sagamu Interchange, while the balance is for the other section from the interchange to Ibadan.

This has thus put on hold the initial plan to offer the 125 kilometre road to a concessionaire for reconstruction, modernisation and regular maintenance.

The Federal Government in November last year terminated its concession agreement with Bi-Courtney Highway Services Limited for the reconstruction of the road, accusing the firm of undue delay and a breach of the concession agreement.

It immediately appointed Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and RCC Limited to take over the rehabilitation work.

While Julius Berger was asked to handle the section from Lagos to the Sagamu Interchange, RCC was given the second leg of the road, stretching from the interchange to Ibadan.

A source at the Federal Ministry of Works told our correspondent on the telephone on Thursday that the government was currently fine-tuning discussion with Julius Berger and RCC on the rehabilitation contracts.

The source said the two contractors were invited last year after the concession agreement with Bi-Courtney was terminated just to recover the road and improve its poor state ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities.

“They are spelling out the details of the contract in terms of the scope, duration and contract sum,” the source said, but failed to give the termination date for the job.

Julius Berger had moved to the site last year, shortly after Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen’s announcement of the termination of the concession arrangement with Bi-Courtney.

[size=14pt]The contractor did some remedial work between the Redemption Camp and the Sagamu Interchange.

Although Julius Berger gave an impression that it was coming to do a major work, moving workers and materials to site as well as creating some work yards, it, however, scrapped some areas of the road and left them unattended to.

An official of the company, who volunteered to speak with our correspondent on the telephone under the condition that his name would not be mentioned, said the firm did exactly what it was asked to do.

He also said as soon as the company was fully paid or substantially mobilised, it would return to work, adding, “The ball is in the Federal Government’s court.”
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Our correspondent could, however, not confirm if RCC had done any repair work on its section of road since the place was handed over to the firm.

The original plan was for a total reconstruction of the existing carriageways from Lagos to Ibadan, with the provision of two additional lanes in each direction between Lagos and the Sagamu Interchange, making it four lanes; and one additional lane from the interchange to Ibadan, in addition to the provision of associated modern facilities such as trailer parks.

Those facilities are meant for free flow of traffic, security and welfare of road users.

The FG better do.

It is April already, the earlier money is released to the contractors to expedite action on the road, the better.

"Road too far"...December ko, new year ni. To fully put that road in shape, it will take 10 Julius Bergers working day and night for a year...and they are still at the drawing board in April. I dey laugh.

The president has failed woefully.

He does not deserved to be elected again.

Stop spreading all this poo of new you spreading!!! What I want to hear is * lagos-ibadanexpress have been completely rehabilitated.

Please anybody in the house that has plied the Lagos-Ibadan road in recent times should help confirm/refute the first part of the Chairman of FERMA's statement in the quote below, while we wait for the 10-lane agenda. They did allocate N3 billion to this road in the 2013 budget - we are halfway through 2013 already.

Quote:
“Lagos/Ibadan route is better than what it used to be. It is going to be a pure reconstruction and realignment as the government tends to increase the number of each side lane to five.”

[size=14pt]In any case, this is another one for the records.[/size]

[url]http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/en/news/item/14695-lagos-ibadan-expressway-to-be-10-lanes-%E2%80%94ferma.html[/url]
[size=14pt]Lagos/Ibadan expressway to be 10 lanes —FERMA[/size]
Written by Shehu Bello-Lagos Wednesday, 19 June 2013 00:00 font size Print Email

The Federal Government is planning to make the controversial Lagos/Ibadan expressway a 10-lane road.
Chairman of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Mr Jide Adeniji, made this known in Lagos on Tuesday.
He also disclosed that in the next two years, every federal road in the country would be motorable.
He spoke with reporters at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders’ forum.
According him, “you can see that there has being a tremendous improvement on our roads, because all my men work days and nights and I can tell you that in the next two years, every federal road in the country will be motorable, as Ferma is working hard towards that.
“All this was made possible by the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan.”
Speaking on the state of Lagos/Ibadan expressway, the Ferma boss said the road was on its way to redemption as there would be reconstruction of the road.
“Lagos/Ibadan route is better than what it used to be. It is going to be a pure reconstruction and realignment as the government tends to increase the number of each side lane to five.”
“The Minister of Works had talked about it and there is an agenda from the Ministry of Works and by the time the agenda comes out, proper attention concerning Lagos/Ibadan expressway will be given to it,” he said.

koruji: No comment for now - just for the records.
By December 31st 2013 I hope to be able to say "complete" to President GEJ on this one, even though it falls far short of what that road deserves.

Tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock.....

@insincere9nigerian
The bolded below is what I refer to when saying that Julius Berger's "patch-work" last year was to allow GEJ to get to RCCG and promptly announced that it had no contract to work on the road once GEJ was done receiving blessings!!!
This is not the way a president should administer a nation.