Determined to provide road infrastructure that will stand the test of time, the 2024 Budget of Ogun State Government has earmarked a sum of N209,122.60billion for infrastructural development, out of the N703.03billion for the entire budget, accounting for 30 percent of the total expenditure.

Reeling out the breakdown of the Budget proposal for the incoming year, tagged, Budget of Sustained Growth and Development, at the House of Assembly Complex in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun  said his administration would  embark on the construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of more roads across the State such as Lagos–Ota- Abeokuta Expressway.

Others are Ofada-Owode Road, Lagos Garage-Ikangba-Ilese Road, Ota-Itele-Ayobo Road, Ita-Oshin, Ibara-Orile, Ijoga Orile- Ibooro-Imasayi Road, OPIC Estate Internal Roads and Agbara, all of which amounted to 250km in all the three Senatorial Districts.

          Abiodun added that some roads would also be constructed to support the 2024 Ogun National Sports Festival and Economic Development Clusters in the State.

He listed some of the major achievements in the year 2023, saying his administration has brought development to every ward in the 20 Local Government Areas of the State.

The Governor said, "Across the three Senatorial Districts of the state, we have constructed, reconstructed, and rehabilitated over 500 kilometers of roads, notable among them in the Ogun Central Senatorial district is the 45KM Sagamu Interchange-Siun-Abeokuta Expressway, now renamed the Muhammadu Buhari Expressway”.

Abiodun described the various infrastructural developments across the State as a marvel of engineering that ensures both pleasurable and timely safe driving experiences as well as improved productivity.

He opined that in the Ogun East Senatorial district, his administration had developed the 14km Ijebu-Ode-Epe-Mojoda expressway, connecting Ogun to Lagos State and stimulating industrial growth in the area, noting that the road serves as an evacuation corridor for all the industries within Lekki Free Trade Zone and the Epe corridor in Lagos State.

The State helmsman added that in Ogun West Senatorial District, the ongoing construction of the 19km Atan-Lusada-Agbara expressway will be accelerated to ensure speedy completion, to further facilitate access to the Agbara Industrial Estate, the largest industrial Estate in West Africa.