FG makes new announcement on Toll Gates at Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

FG makes new announcement on Toll Gates at Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Sunday said the Federal Government will reintroduce toll gates to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after the rehabilitation of the highway.

Fashola made the disclosure while Speaking on Channels Television‘s ‘Sunday Politics’, he said three toll plazas were expected on the highway after all works on the expressway have been completed by December 2022.

He said a toll gate is expected in the Lagos, Ogun (Ogere) and Ibadan axis of the expressway when completed.

The minister also unveiled the government’s plan towards finishing the Second Niger Bridge project in the South-Eastern part of the country.

Fashola said despite the challenges facing the project, the current administration also plans to open the bridge before Christmas.

“We are planning also before Christmas to open that to the public for use because that is when there is a large movement.

“Hopefully, by Christmas, it will be opened. That was the last meeting I had with the contractor about three weeks ago.”