Following criticisms from political opponents that the Fashola government was only concerned about developing roads in highbrow areas, the administration has mobilised contractors to fix inner roads in the state .
Confirming the present change of policy, Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said that the focus of his administration would be on to develop inner roads.
The governor made the affirmation after a tour of on-going projects in the state.
Fashola emphasised that the inner city roads would be the focus of his government even as it would hasten efforts to complete other roads it started during the last term of his administration.
He said work on Adeniran Ogunsanya has been completed, while the Akerele road expansion, Bode Thomas, Ogunlana Drive were yet to be completed.
He hinted that plans were also underway to start work in Aguda, Adetola, Brown, Sanusi and many of the roads inside Aguda.
“We are already looking at some inner roads in Agege. Work has started in Agege, work is going on in Orile. We are also looking at inner roads in Ikorodu, while Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Agency (LAMATA) is also working on Amodu Ojikutu Street, Ibiyinka Olorunnimbe Close and Abagbon Close in Victoria Island and Iju road in Ifako Ijaiye,”he said.
He explained that he was going to assess progress on the inner roads that the state was working on, recalling that during the last electioneering campaign, some of the issues that came to the fore was that his government did not focus on inner roads.
“My visit last week to Badejo Kalesanwo Street was to keep track and keep focus on those election promises and electoral issues which was inner roads and to which I am committed and which I also dealt with in my inaugural address,” the governor stated.
He said he was at Akerele road to inspect the culvert across the Akerele canal because there was some flooding problem there during the July 10 heavy rainfall caused by the inability of the culvert to discharge water, stating that, the culverts were now about 1.5 by 1.7 metres width and in a set of three to allow flow of water.