The Lagos State Government will on Thursday begin a 35-day rehabilitation of damaged sections of the Eti-Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway, with traffic diversions planned to ease congestion during the exercise.
The rehabilitation will cover sections from Bonny Camp to Admiralty Way Junction and areas around Victoria Garden City (VGC).
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Infrastructure, Olufemi Daramola, announced the plan on Wednesday during a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to discuss the project and traffic management arrangements.
Daramola said the engagement was part of the government’s effort to involve residents, businesses and road users in planning major infrastructure projects. He urged motorists to cooperate with traffic officials throughout the rehabilitation, particularly as traffic volumes are expected to rise during the festive season.
He said the intervention would improve road safety and ease movement along the Lekki-Epe corridor, which serves residential communities, commercial centres and major industrial investments.
The expressway provides access to the Lekki Free Zone, Dangote Refinery, Dangote Fertiliser Factory, Lekki Deep Sea Port and Eleganza Industrial Estate. It also connects major housing developments and educational institutions, including Pan-Atlantic University and Lagos Business School.
According to Daramola, rapid urbanisation, increased commercial activity and rising traffic volumes have contributed to the deterioration of some sections of the road.
He added that the state was also addressing drainage challenges along the corridor, while the proposed Green Line rail project formed part of broader plans to improve transportation in the area.
Daramola disclosed that the government had reconstructed and rehabilitated 69.44 kilometres of the expressway, comprising 49.7 kilometres of reinforced concrete pavement and 19.76 kilometres of flexible pavement.
Residents seek better drainage, traffic control
At the meeting, the Chairman of the Victoria Island and Ikoyi Residents Association, Prince Akin Fadoju, urged the government to improve drainage infrastructure to tackle persistent flooding.
While acknowledging that the drainage challenges predated the current administration, Fadoju called for urgent intervention.
Other stakeholders appealed to the government to deploy traffic management officials throughout the construction period, maintain alternative routes and provide adequate security for motorists.
The rehabilitation is part of the state’s wider programme to upgrade the Eti-Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway.
The first phase, covering 18.75 kilometres from Eleko to Epe T-Junction in Ibeju-Lekki, was awarded in November 2020 and completed and commissioned in February 2023.
Phases IIA and IIB, covering the stretch from Eleko Junction to Abraham Adesanya, were subsequently awarded. Rehabilitation works between Admiralty Intersection and Ajah Jubilee Flyover have also been completed.
In April 2025, the state awarded early infrastructure development works for the proposed Green Line mass transit project.
The planned rail corridor will run from Marina through the Eti-Osa-Lekki-Epe axis towards the proposed Lekki International Airport, linking Lagos Island with the state’s rapidly developing eastern corridor.