By Razaq Adedeji Jimoh
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| The abandoned Gbeleyi Road project |
From the overall social and economic objectives set
for the about one and half Kilometres stretch of Isiba Oluwo Road corridor as
Egbeda-Idimu link, the significant value of the project is not basically
directed at the community of its situation in the Pipeline area of Idimu. It is
a project valued for the entire Lagos residents of the southern parts of
Alimosho, comprising Igando-Ikotun and Egbe-Idimu LCDAs, whose direction of
daily economic endeavours is inward Ikeja and Agege areas.
The Gbeleyi Street is about the last lap of an
extensive network of roads development in the big community of Unity Estate,
Zones 1 and 2. Though just less than about 300meters in length, it is
ridiculous that it has made meaningless of the combined commitment of the
regimes of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Raji Fashola to making the set
objectives a reality.
A careful study of the Alimosho City Model Plan in
its part of the Lagos Development Blueprint will tell the immeasurable value of
this abandoned Gbeleyi project.
The Isiba Oluwo Road that this Gbeleyi makes its
southward extremity is designed as an arterial road by-pass to the Egbeda-Idimu
High Way, which has become a commuters' nightmare with traffic gridlock along
its parallel stretch to the Isiba Oluwo by-pass conception from Orelope Bus
stop side of Egbeda to Pipeline Bus stop at Idimu side.
While this publication is not meant to dwell into
details of established facts behind the stalemate that informed the abandonment
as we had earlier published, this magazine can only recommend that any
re-visitation of the administration of Governor Sanwo-Olu must be an holistic
re-evaluation of the project’s execution because a case of shoddy works by the
contractors, particularly the drainage system, is a part of the issue the
Governor cannot ignore. But the primary question is how soon would Sanwo-Olu revisit this eyesore of Folaga CDA in Idimu Town?
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