THE contracting firm, Craneburg, has moved to site to begin the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway.

The flag-off/turning of the sod for the reconstruction will take place on Friday, 23 August and performed by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State.

Cranebourg started mobilizing its equipment to the site 10 days ago to begin palliative measures in an attempt to make one side of the road motorable, while construction proper begins on the other section.

The palliative measures already completed on the road covered Sango-Ota, Pakoto, Ifo, Ewekoro, Itori, and Obada, with stone base spread on the bad portions to make traveling less stressful while the reconstruction is ongoing.

The Federal Government-owned road has been in a deplorable state for more than 20 years.

It was, however, handed over to the ogun State government in 2024 by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration after previous efforts.

Governor Abiodun had emphasized that bureaucratic bottlenecks stalled the reconstruction of the road.