The lawmaker representing Ibadan South West state constituency II in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Oluwafemi Adebayo Fowokanmi has appealed to the state Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to facilitate the rehabilitation of Oluyole Estate bridge expansion to ease the movement of vehicles and residents of the area.
The appeal was contained in a motion moved by Hon. Oluwafemi Fowokanmi and seconded by Hon. Yusuf Adebisi Ibadan South West constituency I during the plenary on Tuesday.
Hon. Fowokanmi, who described Oluyole Estate axis as a renewed middle-income neighborhood which harbours different notable citizens of Oyo State and many from other states of Nigeria, also called for urgent government intervention to fix the deplorable Mobil-7up-Sumal road in Oluyole Estate, Ibadan.
He added that the road serves the largest industrial hubs in Ibadan city.
Presenting a motion on “An Appeal to the Executive Arm of Government for Urgent Rehabilitation of the Damaged Oluyole Estate Bridge Expansion Joints Before the Bridge Will Totally Collapse and Cost State Huge Amount To Rebuild”, Hon. Fowoknmi said that the deplorable condition of bridge expansion joints have been causing serious gridlock for the residents and motorists plying Mobil Ring Road to Oluyole especially during the peak hours.
“This is the only bridge which serves the residents and motorists plying Mobil Ring-Road to Oluyole estate extension road is presently in need of the urgent attention of the Government to fix all the damaged bridge expansion joints which has totally been removed from the bridge, leading to serious traffic gridlock in the area, especially in the peak hours in the morning when residents are going to work and in the evening when they are returning home. Residents/motorists could spend nothing less than two hours in the axis due to the traffic gridlock being caused by the slowing down of the movement of vehicles as a result of the bad bridge expansion joints and the case has seriously escalated after the resumption of the academic activities, because there are numerous public and private schools domiciled in the axis.
“Further aware that the alternative road, Mobil-7up-Sumal road which the residents/motorists in this area ought to ply to escape the said gridlock is also in a more terrible condition that is not advisable for any motorists to ply at the moment, which also diverted most of the trucks carrying the raw materials to various industries in the axis to also join light vehicles to plight the single Oluyole extension Aare road which worsen the traffic gridlocks in the area.
“However, it is noted that too numerous are the road fixing demands on the table of the government with very limited resources to meet up those demands, our people in Oluyole Estate are appealing to the Executive Arm of Government under the leadership of our visionary and masses minded Governor Seyi Makinde to see the need to fix the deplorable Mobil-7up-Sumal road in Oluyole Estate Ibadan as one of the priorities of the Government due to its links to the biggest industrial hub in Ibadan city,” Hon. Fowokanmi submitted.
The Speaker, Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, while passing the resolutions of the House, called on the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to as a matter of urgency rehabilitate the Oluyole Estate bridge expansion joint to ensure free flow of movement by the residents and vehicles in the axis.
Here are the resolutions as passed by the Oyo State House of Assembly:
“Urge the Executive Arm of Government through the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to urgently rehabilitate Oluyole Estate bridge expansion to save the bridge from total collapse.
‘Urge Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency (OYSROMA) to carry out urgent palliative work on the alternative road to Oluyole Estate extension which is Mobil-7up-Sumal road to reduce the vehicular movement concentration on the Oluyole Extension/Aare Road;
“Urge the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to give situation report on the Mobil-7up-Sumal road;
“Urge this Honourable House to direct Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority (OYTMA) to station some of their men at the Obasanjo farm junction close to the damaged bridge to control the motorist, to ease the traffic gridlocks in the axis at the peak hours of the day.”
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