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An Update on the Ongoing Ibadan Urban Flood Management Projects (IUFMP)

Picture of Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (Layi Osunkunle Culvert) taken on 16 May 2022

An update on the ongoing Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUFMP) across Ibadan. These projects are a part of the flood control measures being undertaken under the IUFMP and include the construction of culverts and bridges, expansion of river banks, and river channelisation. More details about the IUFMP are contained here. The IUFMP commenced in February 2015 and since then, a number of projects have been completed while others are ongoing. See a list of the 23 ongoing IUFMPs below:

  1. 1-cell (4 x 2) metres culvert, Ajibode Road, NISER Area, Ibadan
  2. 1-cell (3.5 x 1.5) metres culvert, Odogbo Fatokun Area, Moniya, Ibadan
  3. 1-cell (3 x 2) metres culvert across Ibadan – Ife Expressway close to Iwo Road Interchange, Ibadan
  4. 1-cell (4 x 2) metres culvert along Apete – Awotan Road, Ibadan
  5. 2-cell (6 x 2) metres culvert, Jerusalem Area, Ojoo-Arulogun Road, Ibadan
  6. 6-cell (6 x 2.5) metres culvert, Ariyo River, along Olorunsogo-Amuloko-Akanran-Dagbolu Road, Ibadan (not yet commenced)
  7. 8-cell (6 x 2.25)metres culvert, Oorelope Area, Oluyole Estate, Ibadan
  8. 4-cell (6 x 3) metres culvert, Ogbere-Tioya, along Olorunsogo-Amuloko-Akanran-Dagbolu Road, Ibadan
  9. 1-cell (4 x 3) metres culvert, Ogbere River linking the Seriki Adeyalo areas
  10. 1-cell (3.5 x 2) metres culvert at Mufu Laninhun, Ibadan-Lagos Expressway
  11. 2-cell (6 x 2.5) metres culvert at Onipepeye Axis, Ibadan-Lagos Expressway
  12. Channelization of Orogun River with 5-cell (6 x 2)metres culverts at UI-Ojoo Highway
  13. 3-cell (6 x 2) metres culvert at Gofamint church, Orogun
  14. 2-cell (6 x 2.5) metres culvert at Akinwumi/Odewenma Street near Iwo Road Interchange
  15. 2-cell (6 x 2) metres culvert at Kajorepo Community across the Iwo Road-Ojoo Expressway
  16. 3-cell (5 x 2) metres culvert at Kajola Area, over Orogun River
  17. 2-cell (6 x 2) metres access culvert into Kajorepo community, off Ojoo-Iwo Road
  18. 2 foot bridges (25 x 2.3) metres across the Kudeti Stream at Labo, Oranyan area Ibadan
  19. 1-cell (8 x 2.5) metres culvert at Labo/Oranyan/Bere Road by Bovas Filling Station
  20. 2-cell (4 x 2) metres culvert at Army Barracks, off Ojoo Road
  21. 2-cell (4 x 2.5) metres culvert at Agodi River at Ladoke Akintola Street, New Bodija
  22. 2-cell (6 x 2.5) metres culvert at Oduduwa Street by BON Hotel, Old Bodija
  23. 2-cell (6x 2.5) metres culvert at Francis Okediji Street, Old Bodija
  24. 2-cell (6 x 2.5) metres culvert across Agodi River on Layi Osunkunle Street, by Davis Hotel, Old Bodija

Other ongoing IUFMPs are at Orita AperinAgodi, Kudeti, and Ogbere North in Ibadan.

Below is a slideshow of pictures of the Layi Osunkunle Culvert (number 24 above), Ibadan:

  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 14
  • Picture of Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (Layi Osunkunle Culvert) taken on 16 May 2022
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 2
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 21
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 10
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 15
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 8
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 11
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 7
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 1
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 18
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 4
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 3
  • IUFMP Layi Osunkunle 17

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