The officials of AG Dangote Construction Company Ltd handling the Apapa Wharf Road reconstruction project said it has achieved 75 percent completion.
The Project Director, Bosun Kalejaiye and the Project Manager, Tunde Jimoh, made this known on Sunday in Lagos during an inspection of the road.
Kalejiaye told journalists that the outbound section had been completed, while the second part, inbound Apapa, had recorded 25 percent progress, saying that the entire project was 75 percent completed.
He said that the firm had deployed more personnel and equipment to recover the time lost during relocation of underground and surface utilities in the Right of Way (RoW) of the project.
“We are moving with one gang from section four toward section one and we have another gang from section one moving toward section four.
“Our focus is to finish the project, good quality works by July.
“Our commitment is total. We have brought in additional equipment to speed up. That is why we are focused on finishing the concrete pavement by July,’’ he said.
Kalejaiye said that the issue of high vehicular traffic on the axis was being properly managed by the Traffic Consultant of the project, MIS Advisory.
Giving an overview of the project, Jimoh said that work on the CMS/Ijora bound carriageway was completed and progress being recorded on the Apapa bound carriageway.
“At present, we are 75 percent completed; the balance of 25 percent would be completed this month.
“The configuration of the road is about 80cm. Imagine a road with a thickness like this.
“This is one of its kind here (Nigeria); considering the kind of high traffic we have here (Apapa).
“We have a sub-grade stabilised with hardcore. After the stabilisation with hardcore, we have impermeable layer which is 10cm of sand cement.
“Apart from that, we also have the sub-soil drainage that drains out the water underneath the sand cement. Afterwards, we have the stone base which is about 200mm well compacted.
“On top of this 200mm stone base, we are having our 250mm rigid pavement which is re-enforced with 10mm mesh,’’ he said.
Jimoh explained that beyond additional layers for durability, the road surface would be completed with an asphalt overlay of 50mm.
