Oyo State Government on Monday, started operation zero potholes as the State Road Maintenance Agency begins rehabilitation of roads and distilling of drainage across Ibadan metropolis and its environs.
This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun.
He said the Chairman, Oyo State Road Maintenance Agency, (OYSROMA), Hon Ogunlade Busoye Soladoye who visited roads earmarked for rehabilitation disclosed this in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.
According to the statement, the chairman said that the agency will live up to its mandate to maintain and rehabilitate roads in Oyo state, as this will go a long way to ease movement of traffic and create a better environment for the populace.
He added that the Seyi Makinde administration is a responsive government, which listens to its people and acts on their requests.
“This is one of our feedback mechanisms concerning the deplorable condition of roads during the rainy season”, he said.
He also stressed that the administration “will give no room for potholes and deplorable roads in the state, as this has shown through various laudable massive road construction and rehabilitation, which has turned Oyo State to an investors-hub; and “implored the residents to desist from the act of dumping refuse on waterways, as the agency has started clearing drainage across the state.”
Busoye also promised that the agency will live up to its mandate.
Among the roads earmarked for rehabilitation are: Asphaltic rehabilitation of Molete-Fire -Challenge roads, cutting of potholes to shape, stone base material mixed with cement; distilling of blocked cover lined drains and cross covert at Genesis hotel; rehabilitation and distilling of Mokola-Dugbe and the Femi Johnson Junction along Oke- Ado road among others.
