Itam Market internal roads and trailer park

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Internal roads and a rigid pavement trailer park were built at Itam Market, with solar street lights, a modern toilet block, boreholes and an overhead tank.

Key facts

Area of work: Roads and bridges
LGA: Itu
Status: Ongoing
Where: Itam Market, Itu
Internal roads and trailer park: 1.24km
Scope: 1.24km of internal roads and a concrete trailer park, with solar street lights, a modern toilet, boreholes and an overhead tank
Market: Etaha Itam Market

Photos

A grader levelling a market road between rows of stalls, with new concrete side drains

About the project

The project covers 1.24 kilometres of internal roads and a rigid pavement trailer park at Itam Market, also known as Etaha Itam Market, in Itu Local Government Area. It also includes solar street lights, a modern toilet block, and boreholes with an overhead tank.

Itam Market is one of the main trading points in the LGA and a major source of revenue for the council. In September 2023, Governor Pastor Umo Eno told the people of Itu that the state would build a park to move trailers off the roads.

The new trailer park is meant to give trucks a firm place to park and load, away from the roads. The internal roads, lights, water and toilets are meant to make the market safer, cleaner and easier to use for traders and buyers, by day and at night.

When finished, the project is expected to ease traffic around the market, support trade and raise revenue for the council, in line with the ARISE Agenda. Work is ongoing.

The project at a glance

StatusOngoing

Length1.24km

Kind of workRoads and bridges

ServesTraders at Itam Market and 4 more

Project timeline

Plannedannounced or approved

Work startedsite work begins

Ongoingwork under way

Finishedcompleted or commissioned

What was built

1.24km internal roads and trailer park
Rigid pavement trailer park
Solar street lights
Modern toilet block
Boreholes and overhead tank

Who it serves

People and places connected by this project.

Traders at Itam MarketLocal business
Shoppers and buyersLocal business
Truck and trailer driversCommuters
Loaders and transport workersCommuters
Residents around the marketLocal business

Where it helps

Trade and income
Movement and access
Water and sanitation
Safety and security

Itu LGA at a glance

Where this project sits among all 18 projects recorded in Itu.

Completed 4Ongoing 11 (this project)Planned 2Status not stated 1

Roads and bridges

Jobs and business support

Homes for vulnerable people

Schools

Health

Impact Analysis

An assessment of the impact of these accomplishments on the people and communities.

For families and communities

Water, toilets and street lights are meant to make the market cleaner and safer for the people who spend their day there. A set trailer park can keep heavy trucks off the lanes used by shoppers.

For work and income

Better access to Itam Market helps commerce and logistics to grow. Paved internal roads and a trailer park are meant to make it easier to bring goods in and load them out.