Minister of Works, David Umahi, has assured that construction work on the 120km Sokoto-Badagry Super-Highway has kicked off from the Sokoto end of the project.
The Minister who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, said the first 120km is being constructed in Sokoto State while the Kebbi section with 250km has also started.
Umahi stated that the Federal Government was sure that it would also inaugurate the first 20km in section one and 10km in section two of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway on May 29, 2025.
“It has been procured, and work is going on by Hitech, using concrete. Then, you have the Kebbi section, 250km. Work is also going on there,” the Minister said.
“We believe strongly that we will be able to have about 20km in both sections to be commissioned by May 29, 2025.
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“The president has given very serious attention to road infrastructure. This coastal highway and, of course, the four legacy projects, all have train tracks incorporated.”
Umahi further praised Tinubu for his vision in initiating legacy projects that would connect the critical economic corridors and boost the transport ecosystem in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria.
“The construction of the train track for this Section 1 will take off in 2025, and we believe strongly that the president is going to give Nigerians the road infrastructure that they have been yearning for.
“We are going to plant trees and, of course, we are going to also have some lay bay.
“We can decide that in every five kilometres, we have a lay bay where we connect all our CCTV cameras, and then, we have vehicles and the security within the cabin there, so that the response time will be like 10 minutes,” Umahi added.
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