Julius Berger vows to ease Lagos traffic congestion – Lanre Abdul

With the near-completion of the ongoing Lagos-Opebi-Mainland Roads and Bridges project, the Project Manager, Julius Berger’s Dymitry Denysenko declared that the contractor is set to deliver lasting solutions to the notorious Lagos Traffic congestion.

According to him, work at the project site is steadily progressing to an end.

He added that, though the contractor continues to navigate complex engineering challenges to deliver a lasting solution to Lagos’ traffic congestion, he stated that the planned May 2025 deadline for handover to the client remains sacrosanct.

The Lagos-Opebi-Mende Road project is one of the many projects being undertaken by leading engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC. across the country with each designed to solve particularly peculiar problem in the operational areas.

By its many peculiarities, the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu chose to tag the Lagos-Opebi-Mende Road and link bridge as one of his legacy projects.

Currently, Julius Berger is rounding up its work at the site with unwavering resolve to deliver a bridge and road network that supports the continued progress of Lagos State and needed respite to commuters in the region.

The scope of the contract agreed upon in 2022 included the reconstruction of Opebi Road, construction of Odo Alaro Bridge, construction of Odo Alaro Underpass 1, construction of Odo Alaro Underpass 2, construction of deck on pile link bridges, and reconstruction of Maryland U-turn.

Giving an update on the state of the project, the Project Manager said, reconstruction of Opebi Road is 100% completed, construction of Odo Alaro Bridge, 100% completed, construction of Odo Alaro Underpass 1 completed, construction of Odo Alaro Underpass 2 almost completed, construction of deck on pile link bridges completed, and reconstruction of Maryland U-turn is 100% completed.

With an agreed road length of 4.52km, Pile depth of 40m, Bored piles numbering 1500 and a Bridge structure of 640m in length, Lagos state government reasoned that an iconic project as the Opebi-Mende link Bridge and approach roads would no doubt help to address the recurrent traffic and transportation hiccups on that axis of the state.

Another project being handled by the company in Lagos is the reconstruction of Idumagbo Avenue, Adeniji Adele, Ojo Giwa, Oroyinyin, Okoya, Moshalashi and Iga-Iduganran Streets in Lagos Island Local Government Area, a part of the state where daily vehicular traffic had posed serious threat to the flow of goods, services and commerce.

According to the state governor, the reconstruction projects in such locked spaces as the Local Government Area is to assist to provide conducive business environment and promote equal opportunities for the people to actualize their full potential.

According to the Regional Manager, Technical, Region West, Christl Thomas, we build and rebuild road infrastructures to the taste of our clients. Look at what we have started doing at Idumagbo. It signposts what the outcome will be eventually; we will extensively solve the traffic problem on that axis.

The Project Manager, Denysenko retorted last weekend that, official records indicate that Lagos is Nigeria’s smallest state, covering 3,577 square kilometres, roughly half the size of Abuja. Despite this, it has the greatest urban population in Nigeria, with 24.5 million people. When these two factors are combined, it is easy to see why traffic in Lagos easily becomes tasking; and for which Julius Berger is delivering lasting solutions.