FASHOLA on dates of completion of Niger Bridge, Lagos Ibadan-Express Way (DETAILS+VIDEO)

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, in an interview with the Channels Television on Sunday, July 24, 2022 said the Lagos-Ibadan and Niger Bridge will be delivered in December 2022.

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When asked when the project will be completed, the Minister said the Federal Government plans to deliver the project before Christmas.

Fashola said what is slowing the pace of work at the Ibadan axis is that Governor Seyi Makinde is constructing a drainage and Contractors are working day and night.

“If you check on the average if you goggle traffic time on that road now, even though we are not yet finished, it is less than two hours.”

Fashola however said that the government is waiting for the Oyo State Government to play its role to aid the speedy completion of the project.

“It is less than two hours now to go to Ibadan, you can do Ibadan and come back twice a day now and we haven’t finished. We don’t want to finish and the road is open again.

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If you see, the lane marking is already going on, the road furniture is simultaneously being installed road marking is going on and we are waiting for Oyo State. Governor Makinde and I will resolve that pretty soon,” he stated.

Second Niger Bridge
The Minister also unveiled the government’s plan toward ending the Second Niger Bridge project in the South-Eastern part of the country.

Fashola said the current administration also plans to open the bridge before Christmas, despite the challenges facing the project.

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According to Fashola, he has directed the contractor to see that the project is delivered before the deadline, adding that the main bridge deck has been completed.

“We are planning also before Christmas to open that to the public for use because that is when there is a large movement.

“Hopefully, by Christmas, it will be opened. That was the last meeting I had with the contractor about three weeks ago.”

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