“Lagos will’ve International Airport in Epe n an Export Zone in Lekki” – Gov Ambode

At an interactive session over the weekend newly elected Lagos State Governor Mr Akinwunmi Ambode plans for the construction of a 10 -lane expressway that would run from Ikorodu axis in Lagos through Itoikin, Epe to Ijebu Ode in Ogun State on the way.
He said his administration would give priority attention to infrastructural development in the state. According to the governor,

“We must start thinking of the future concerning that road. We said we will have an International Airport in Epe and an Export Processing Zone in Lekki and a Deep Seaport also in Lekki.

What does that mean for that road? “When you take your freight from the Deep Seaport and the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) are we going to make them to start passing through that same road. So what is the future?

We missed something between Oshodi and Murtala Mohammed International Airport, there is no fast track rail that can take goods straight to the Airport. Should we also miss that here? Those are the issues that we are looking at. “Should we not start thinking about how we would improve and create a 10-lane road between Ikorodu, Itoikin, Epe and Ijebu Ode so that people can go out from there? So those are some of the things that we are looking at.

There is no point constructing the road, paying tolls and in five year’s time, the road is gone.” Meantime, speaking on the on the on-going construction of the 10- lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Ambode said once the road is completed, the neighbourhood and the axis would be opened up as a business hub for the whole sub region.