FG awards NI2.2b contracts for repair of Lagos-Benin road – The Guardian
November 9, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
In the wake of mounting public complaints over the deplorable state of the Lagos-Benin Expressway, the Federal Government has awarded contracts to the tune of N12. 2 billion for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of two sections of the road.
Two multinational civil engineering firms commissioned to execute the contracts are Messrs Reynolds Construction Company Limited (RCC), handling the Salami – Ajebandele – Ore – Benin Road Section I (Ajebandele – Ofosu road in Ondo State) and Messrs Borini Prono and Company Nigeria Limited for the repair of Shagamu – Ajebandele – Ore – Benin Road Section II in Ogun State. They have a completion period of 30 and 18 months in that order.
The Reynolds contract is worth N9, 745,402,329.89 while the Borini Prono and Company Nigeria Limited job is put at a cost of N2, 498,934,091.50. Both contractors have already commenced work on their respective sections of the road.
