Residents excited over commissioning of three roads in Victoria Island

There was excitement on Monday for residents and businesses in Victoria Island and environs as Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu commissioned the upgraded and rehabilitated network of three roads in Victoria Island Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the state.
  
Before the rehabilitation and reconstruction, these strategic roads were in deplorable state with a lot of complaints by the business community over perennial flooding and inadequate capacity.
   
The three roads, which formed a ring right in the heart of the highly commercialised area of Victoria Island, discharge traffic  through Sanusi Fafunwa Street into the famous  Akin Adesola Street.  

She described the state of the roads as “highly deplorable” before the reconstruction, stressing that some persons lost their means of livelihood because of the poor state of the roads.

Mrs. Folami expressed the association’s readiness to partner with the State Government on the maintenance of the roads and their ancillary facilities.
 
She also pledged residents’ support to the government’s vision but called for resuscitation of the yearly parley to engender robust relationship between members and government.

She said: We had terrible experiences for many years on these roads, which are located in the areas where major commercial activities take place. With their rehabilitation by Sanwo-Olu, residents can now heave a sigh of relief and businesses that have suffered can now come back.”

Also, the member representing Eti-Osa 11 in the State’s House of Assembly, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu, thanked Governor  Sanwo-Olu for remembering  the area in distribution of critical infrastructure in the state.
   
Chairman, IRU-Victoria Island LCDA, Princess Abiodun Adu, recalled the deplorable state of the roads before government’s intervention.
 
She expressed appreciation of the council to the government and asked for more infrastructure because of the strategic position of the area in the state.
   
In his speech, Governor Sanwo-Olu said  the commissioning is a promise fulfilled and clearly demonstrated his audacious reforms in critical sectors of the economy, in line with  his T.H.E.M.E.S Development Agenda.
 
According to him, a major focus of the Greater Lagos Vision is the prioritisation of  urban renewal and the development of road infrastructure as a  means of enhancing the collective wellbeing of Lagosians.
   
The governor said his administration has adopted an all-inclusive and people-centered approach that  covers rural and urban areas, so that no part of Lagos State is left out.

The positive effects of this infrastructural  upgrade will no doubt be felt well beyond Victoria Island.” Earlier, the Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure,  Engr. Aramide Adeyoye, said the roads provide access to a  lot of  corporate offices and interconnects seamlessly with other roads in the area.
   
Some of the other benefits derivable from the completion of the rehabilitation and upgrade of these roads, she said, include reduction in maintenance cost of vehicles as well as enhanced property value and socio – economic activities within the area.
 
She appealed to residents to reciprocate government’s gesture by safeguarding and ensuring proper usage and protection of the infrastructure to ensure long-lasting service.