Oyo Declares Operation Zero Tolerance For Potholes
The Oyo state government has stated its plan to take advantage of the dry season to maintain its roads, not minding whether it is Trunk A, B or C.
The government has equally appealed to the citizens to bear the discomfort when plying the roads currently being rehabilitated, assuring them the maintenance will be of high quality and it will be completed in due course.
The Special Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Infrastructure, Gbenga Akintola made the disclosure during a media briefing on Wednesday in Ibadan at the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, explaining that trunk A roads are Federal roads, Trunk B are state roads while Trunk C Are local roads.
Akintola, who was accompanied by the State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism Toye Arulogun, said the State Public Works department is carrying out routine maintenance on Command-Apata-Odo Ona-Dugbe-Mokola-Sango-UI-Ojoo-Moniya Road networks.
He said other road networks undergoing maintenance include theMolete-OkeAdo-OkeBola-Dugbe-Ekotedo Queen Cinema, Mokola-UCH-Gate with a spur to parliament road, Secretariat-UI with a spur to Government house, Custom, Awolowo, Osuntokun, Mary hill and Challenge-Molete-Beere-Oje-Gate roads.
The special adviser said the department has completed the routine maintenance of Beere-Oranyan-Orita Aperin road; asphaltic rehabilitation of Ogbomoso High School–Baptist High School Road (Phase I); reconstruction of failed existing double 3m x 3m x 11m Box culvert on Akoko stream along Ilero-Iganna road and the provision of informatory traffic signs around the State High Court at Ring Road and Iyaganku, Ibadan.
Others are Asphaltic Rehabilitation of Oroki-Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo (Phase I); Asphaltic Rehabilitation and underpinning of eroded concrete base of existing culvert outlet near Heritage Bank Iyana Church and Oyeniyan B/Stop along Iwo Road, Olodo Road; Asphaltic rehabilitation of Ariyo Box culvert Approaches, Olorunsogo/Akanran road, Ibadan and Asphaltic Rehabilitation of Idi Arere-Popo Yemoja-Oke Ado with spur to Bode Market.
