LAGOS— Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said  plans for the inner city roads in the state were on course, adding that the big challenge was, however, funds to keep the contractors at work and expand the scope of their work.

Fashola,  who fielded questions from State House correspondents, after an on-the-spot-assessment of inner city roads at Akerele Street in Surulere, said the state government was working on the roads.

According to him, there was need to keep track and focus on the election promises, which, included construction of inner city roads in the state.

He said: “I am on the spot inspections to see that we are on course and that we can finish them depending on the capacity and speed of the contractor and also depending on the big challenge, which is funding. We need more money to keep the contractor at work and expand the scope of the work we are doing.”

The Governor said that currently, work had been completed on Adeniran Ogunsanya while it was on-going on many of the other projects such as the Akerele Road expansion, Bode Thomas, Ogunlana Drive. He added that  plans were on to start work in Aguda, Adetola, Brown, Sanusi and many of the roads inside Aguda.

“We are already looking at some inner roads in Agege. Work has started in Agege, work is going on at Orile. We are also looking at inner roads in Ikorodu while Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Agency, LAMATA, is also working on Amodu Ojikutu Street, Ibiyinka Olorunnimbe Close and Abagbon Close in Victoria Island and Iju Road in Ifako Ijaiye,” the Governor said.

The Governor explained that the inner city roads will be the focus of his administration as it tries to complete other roads that it had started work on during the last term of the administration.