Nigeria, June 12 -- The Lagos State Government has announced plans to reconstruct and upgrade major roads within Ikeja Government Reserved Area (GRA), including Ladoke Akintola, Oladipo Bateye, Tayo Ayeni, Adetunji Adeoba and Sowemimo roads, in a renewed push to modernise infrastructure in one of the state's highbrow residential and administrative districts.

The intervention is part of Lagos' broader urban regeneration drive targeting ageing infrastructure in GRA communities such as Ikeja, Ikoyi and Victoria Island, where increasing traffic pressure and drainage challenges have made routine maintenance insufficient for road sustainability.

The initiative was announced during a stakeholders' meeting organised by the Office of Infrastruct...