21 ROADS, 27KM, PROMISED DELIVERED... AREGBESOLA COMMISSIONS OSOGBO INNER RING ROAD NETWORK Osogbo, the capital of the State of Osun consists of network of road within the City interconnecting Federal, State and Local Government Roads. Strategically focusing on developing the state capital and providing smooth transportation of human and goods within and around Osogbo, the government of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola commenced rehabilitation and construction of selected 21 roads with a total length of 23.51km. The selected roads under the first phase constructed and rehabilitated in the last 3 ½ years targets constructing roads with a life span of between 15-20 years. It features drainage construction fortified with iron and concrete thickness of between 60mm-70mm, a departure from using blocks which cannot stand the test of time. The drainages have been constructed to ensure smooth flow of water and also help in controlling erosion activities from washing away the layers of the roads. Aside from fortified concrete drainages, the roads have various layers such as laterite, stonebase and asphaltic overlay of 50mm. The asphaltic thicknesses of the roads are the same all since it is plied by all grades of vehicles. A unique feature of Ogbeni Aregbesola’s road construction efforts is compliance with the state capital road master plan. The master plan consists of several roads connecting the inner Ring Road and the Outer Ring Road. No administration before now had paid special attention to radically connecting these roads together. The Osogbo Inner Ring Road as constructed by this administration takes off from Off Osogbo-Gbongan Road and routes from Gbodofon-Jaleyemi-Gbemu Junction Road-Isale Aro (1.79km). It leaps over the Oja-Oba Road to connect Gbemu Junction-Oluode Market-Elelede Junction-Abaku Road-Boorepo (1.47km) bursting out and connecting the on-going dualisation of Osogbo-Ikirun-Ila Odo-Kwara State Boundary Road. The other stretch leaps over the Osogbo-Ikirun-Ila Odo Kwara State Boundary Road and picks off from Church Street-Bisi Bankole/Anaye Market Street-Alaafia Street-Oke Onitea Road-Anaye Market Junction-Oke Onitea Road (2.08km) to connect the existing West By Pass. This forms a semi circle inside Osogbo. The next stretch is from GRA Road-Adesina Crescent-Ilobu Road (1.35km) and connecting the Osogbo-Ilobu Road. It picks off from Off Osogbo-Ilobu Road from Lameco Junction and routes Oroki Lane( dualised and connects West By Pass at Jerry Paul Filling Station)- Tinumola/ Wonderful Road( opposite Capital Hotel (2.06km). It intersects the Iwo Road/Oke fia Road and takes off from Capital Hotel-Alekunwodo-Coca Cola(2.33km) and burst out on the Osogbo-Gbongan Road to complete the Inner Ring Road formation in the Osogbo Road Master Plan. Other road constructed/ rehabilitated which interconnects other roads includes Station Road-Fagbewesa-Odi OlowoJunction-Ebenezer Hotel (0.61km). Oja Oba-Osun Groove Gate with Road extension (1.02km), Balogun Biiro/Oke Baale Road( 0.85km), John Mackay-Gbeja Road-Oke Baale with Constain (0.96), Kola Balogun Road Junction-Fiwasaye Olohunosebi Rd( 0.87km). One important stretch of constructed road is the Heritage Hotel Road-Dupe Aina-Odetoyinbo Rd(3.28km) which connects the on going dualisation of the 18km East-West By Pass Road at the Fountain University End. The second axis which connects the East-West Bye Pass (Outer Ring Road) is the Osunbukola/Mercy Land-Ajani Street-Prime Petrol Station (0.98km) to connect the Ofatedo- Ido Osun Road and connect it at the Ebunoluwa School Area A careful study of the constructed and rehabilitated roads will reveal an interconnectedness of these roads with one another showing a deliberate, conscious, strategic and skilful road infrastructure upgrade of the State Capital. As stated earlier, the roads with asphaltic thickness of 50mm will no doubt last between 15-20 years thus giving the state value for money. To this effect however the Governor of the State of Osun Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola will on Monday 28th April 2014 commission 21 of the newly constructed roads in Osogbo the state capital. The roads totalling 23.51km includes INNER RING ROAD like the recently commissioned ILESA INNER ROADS. The 21 roads were systematically selected to ease traffic in the centre of the town especially at rush hours before work is completed on the Oba Adesoji Aderemi Outer East Bye Pass which is also at an advanced stage. The names of the roads and the total length of each of them are as listed below: 1 Station Rd- Fagbesa Odi Olowo Jn - Ebenezer Road 0.61km 2 Boorepo - Abaku - Eleeede Junction Road Osogbo 0.47km 3 Elelede Junction - Oluode Market - Gbeemu Junction Road 1.00km 4 Gbodofon - Jaleyemi - Gbemu Junction Road - Isale Aro 1.79km 5 Ilobu Road - Adesina Crescent - GRA Road, Osogbo 1.35km 6 Oja Oba - Osun Grove Gate with Road Extension 1.02km 7 Balogun Biiro /Oke Baale Road 0.85km 8 Alafia Street - Church Street, Awolowo Way 0.79km 9 Coca - Cola - Alekuwodo - Capital Hotel Road 2.33km 10 Oke Onitea Road - Anaye Market Junction Oke Onitea Rd, 0.42km 11 Anaye Market - Bisi Bankole - Alafia Street 0.87km 12 Okefia - Alekuwodo - Olaiya Junction 1.03km 13 Tinumola Street (Opposite Capital Hotel Wonderful Road) 1.21km 14 Oroki Estate - Ilobu Road Osogbo 0.85km 15 Odetoyinbo - Dupe Aina - Heritage Hotel Road with Spur 3.28km 16 Kola Balogun Road Junction - Fiwasaye Olohunosebi Rd 0.83km 17 Osunbukola /Mercy Land - Ajani Stret Prime Petrol 0.98km 18 John Mackay - Gbeja Road, Oke Baale with Costain 0.96km 19 Tanisi - Olorunosebi - Keji Adigun Street 1.18 20 Adams Street - Mercy Land & Road Spur 0.67 21 Steel Rolling Camp - Kabelo Filling Station with Spur 1.015 TOTAL LENGTH 23.505 Unlike the past practice of commissioning each road individually, the Governor Ogbeni Aregbesola will drive through all the 21 roads before settling down at the Lameco end of Oroki - Tinumola Estate roads to do the official symbolic dedication. The idea of lump commissioning is Ogbeni Aregbesolas way of conserving resources while doing the needful.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:31:08 +0000
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