The Federal Government has assured that the first 47
kilometres of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, currently under construction,
will be ready by May 2025.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, gave the assurance while inspecting an
evacuated but now refilled section of the road that was once a dump site.
Umahi said that the construction company was reliable and would
achieve one kilometre of concrete pavement in a day; hence, the stipulated
duration of the project would still be attained.
According to him, squatters along the site corridors will
soon be dislodged for failure to comply voluntarily.
“I am very happy with the work and people have been asking
me that we say this 47-kilometre will be commissioned by May 29, and they are
counting months for me, and they are counting months for Hitech. But I have no
fear about what Hitech is doing. First, it is good quality work; the most
difficult aspect of this is the settlement of the sand,” he said.
Earlier, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs
Olukorede Kesha, explained that the evacuation of the refuse dumpsite had
slowed down the construction work. She, however, assured that the refuse
evacuation would not affect the duration of the project significantly.
“This place where we are standing, we encountered a huge
deposit of refuse here; as you can see here, the contractor was asked to
excavate and evacuate it. In some places, we had as deep as five to six meters
of refuse, and the place where we are standing now was just at the formation
level, so we are still going to fill on top of this,” Kesha said.
The 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project will pass
through the coastal states of Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa
Ibom.
At four billion naira per kilometre, the coastal road will
be constructed at a cost of N15 trillion.
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