Lagos State Government has begun the construction of alternative road from Olopomeji areas of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria in order decongest the Iyana Oworoshoki gridlock.

Commissioner for Transportation, Dayo Mobereola said this as part of effort aimed at totally ensuring the removal of traffic on the expressway between tollgate and Third Mainland Bridge, the government would be constructing a slip road (an alternative parallel road) at Oduduwa Road.

Mobereola, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Anofi Elegushi said a storey building belonging to Chief Afolabi Yusuf would be demolished while walls and shops numbering 11 and 16 respectively and four other buildings which would be affected minimally.

He said the need to establish the right of way and the occasion for demolition was traceable to the quality and specification of the road to be built.

Mobereola called on all affected by the project to partner with the state government to quickly deliver on the project as such partnership was in the overall interest of the citizens of Lagos.

Mobereola, however, said some of the projects, especially the multiple Laybys to decongest traffic had been completed, saying that the Oworoshoki multiple Laybys created to remove traffic from the expressway had impacted traffic at peak period from Lagos towards Ikeja.

The project is being handled by Messrs F.C.C. Nig. Limited.