Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state on Wednesday announced that the reconstruction of Oshodi-Ikeja International Airport Road will begin in September.

The governor disclosed this at the 3rd Quarterly Town Hall Meeting at Badore area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

He said the road would be developed into a 10-lane road befitting an international road.

Ambode also disclosed that the planned construction of 181 roads across LGs/LCDAs of the State would now begin in September.

He said the construction of the roads had been delayed because of the exchange rate, saying that by the time the projects were advertised in January 2017, the exchange rate was N490 to a dollar.

“By the next two to three weeks, I will reopen the advert to get a new cost and all things been equal the job would start on the roads by end of September,” he said.

Ambode also assured residents that the State Public Works would seize the period of the break of the rainy season to fix all potholes across the State.