The lawmaker representing Ibadan Southwest Constituency II at the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Oluwafemi Fowokanmi has called for urgent rehabilitation of damaged Oluyole Estate Bridge.
According to the motion sponsored by the lawmaker as highlighted below:
AN APPEAL TO THE EXECUTIVE ARM OF GOVERNMENT FOR URGENT REHABILITATION OF THE DAMAGED OLUYOLE ESTATE BRIDGE EXPANSION
“Notes that Oluyole Estate serves both industrial and residential purpose within Ibadan city, it is a renewed middle-income neighborhood located in Ibadan South West Local Government Area of Oyo State. The area is bordered by Apata in the North, Elebu in the South West, Challenge in the South East, and lyaganku in the East. These listed areas harbor different notable citizens of our dear State and many from other States in Nigeria. This city is also a mixed use city which is mainly consisting large industrial area. The industrial market in Oluyole is approximately 351,000sqm (the largest in Ibadan city).
“Further Notes on that 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 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.
“Aware that this bridge was constructed by the immediate past administration in the year 2016.However, the residents and motorists of Oluyole estate extension came to my Office in great numbers being their representative in this Government, appealing to me to use my able office call on Oyo State Government for the repair/fixing of the damaged bridge extension joints as a matter of urgency.
“Further Aware that the alternative road, Mobil 7up Sumal road which the residents/motorists in this area ought to plight 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.
“Concerned that there has been a Motion raised by myself in this Honourable House that appealed for urgent Government intervention to fix the deplorable Mobil 7up/Sumal Road in Oluyole Estate Ibadan” but nothing has been done on the road till date despite that the road serves the largest industrial hubs in Ibadan city. 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 the Executive Arm of Government under the able 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.
Resolve to:
(i) urge the Executive Arm of Government through the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to urgently rehabilitate Oluyole Estate bridge expansion to safe the bridge from total collapse. (ii) 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;
(iii) urge the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to give situation report on the Mobil 7up/Sumal road;
(iv) 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”.