The Minister of Works, David Nweze Umahi, has secured the approval of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the commissioning of the completed 30-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway today.
A statement by the media aide to the minister, Orji Uchenna Orji, said the president, who is also the initiator and actualizer of the historic project, is expected to virtually commission part of Phase I, Section I (30 km of 750 km) at KM 8 of the project, around the Jakande Estate Area in Lagos State on Saturday May 31.
He said other completed Renewed Hope signature projects within southern Nigeria, including the: Construction of Lagos -Calabar Coastal Road Corridor (Phase 1 Section 1: Ahmadu Bello to Eleko Village Area in Lekki Peninsula); the dualization of East-West Road Section II (Sub Section I), Eleme Junction in Port Harcourt – Ahoada in Rivers State; the rehabilitation, reconstruction and expansion works on Lagos-Ibadan Dual Carriageway, Phase 1, Section II, (Shagamu-Ibadan), C/No. 6205 in Ogun and Oyo States; rehabilitation of Alesi – Ugep (Iyamoyung-Ugep) Section in Cross River State C/No. 6263. Contractor: Sermatec Nigeria Limited, Project Length: 67.1km; reconstruction of the collapsed Enugu Bridge at the New Artisan Market Enugu – Port Harcourt Road in Enugu State; construction of a new bridge at Akpoha in Ebonyi State to replace the near-collapsed bridge; the rehabilitation of Enugu – Port Harcourt Expressway, Section III: Enugu – Lokpanta in Enugu State; and the rehabilitation of Ikorodu – Shagamu Road in Lagos/Ogun States, among others.
