AGAINST the backdrop of speculation in some quarters that the Lagos-Ibadan expressway would be closed for three months at Makun-Shagamu, following the installation of cross beams on the flyover being constructed at the spot, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr. Olukayode Popoola, yesterday, said there was no iota of truth in the rumour.
Debunking the speculation during inspection at the site of the flyover, which the Controller said has attained about 70 per cent completion, Popoola stated that there will be a diversion from the expressway 400 metres inward and outward Lagos, and not a closure, as being rumoured.
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