The minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has described the need to consolidate road infrastructure projects in Southwest as part of efforts to consider full scale reconstruction of deplorable roads
This is even as the minister directed the ministry to redesign and fix all dilapidated roads stretching along the University of Ibadan, Ife and Ogbomosho axis while noting that, the ministry was taking bold steps to intervene and concentrate on handling major roads that need urgent and serious attention.
The minister also buttressed the need to consolidate a bigger road infrastructure project in the Southwest while stressing that, the magnitude of road construction he was handling in the North West zone was three times bigger than what he was building in the Southwest.
Umahi assured that the ministry would intervene to redesign all the roads. “We are going to use concrete roads to intervene.
And we are going to also put solar lights in any of the roads we are going to be building. We may also incorporate CCTV within the solar lights so that the vice chancellor can channel it to a point where they can view all the roads we are going to be constructing, “ he pointed out.
He further revealed that, the rehabilitation of the roads stretching along the University of Ibadan will lead the ministry to boldly intervene on road projects in the University of Ife.
Umahi explained that the size of road Infrastructure he is handling in the North East and Northwest region is three times the size of what we are doing in the south-west.
To him, “We should do something for the south-west. I will go in search of the reinforcement to ensure that the work is done even as he directed the Ministry to work with the Vice chancellor of the school to study the road design for concrete road infrastructure or asphalt reinforcements.”
