The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has advised communities yearning for infrastructure to be ready to give up some land to pave way for the constructions. Fashola said this at the inspection of the new 1.2km two-lane Ikom bridge, which is to replace the old one-lane bridge built during the colonial era, …read more →
Roads
Okowa’s 799 Road Projects Top the Bill of Significant Infrastructure Development in 6 years
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta Statehas said that his administration embarked on a total of 799 road projects comprising 1,577.8 kilometres of roads and 908.8 kilometres of drainage channels and other infrastructure that has made significant impact on the development of the state in spite of daunting challenges in the past six years. The governor, who …read more →
FG Ready to Privatise 12 Highways
The Federal Government is to officially open a bid for value-added concession under the Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI) on 12 highways this week. The 12 highways selected for the pilot scheme include the Benin-Asaba, Abuja-Lokoja, Kano –Katsina, Onitsha-Owerri-Aba, Shagamu-Benin, Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga, Kano-Shuari, Potiskum-Damaturu, Lokoja-Benin, Enugu-Port Harcourt, Ilorin-Jebba, Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta, and Lagos-Badagry-Seme. A statement by the …read more →
Sanwo-Olu Inspects Agege Pen-Cinema Bridge Project Site Amid Jubilation by Residents
Barring any exigency, the long-awaited Agege Pen-Cinema Bridge in Lagos State will fully open to vehicular movement in about eight weeks, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu assured commuters in the axis. The project is said to be at 90 per cent completion; all civil works have already been completed on the bridge. The overpass ascends from Oba …read more →
House Seeks FG’s Intervention on Ports’ Access Roads
The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to pay special attention to the construction of port access roads. It also urged the federal government to dedicate a greater part of two months revenue generated by the four commands of Apapa, Tincan Island, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal and PTML for the construction of all …read more →
Nigeria Approves N59.35b for Roads and Aviation Projects
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved N59.350 billion for roads and aviation projects across the country. Addressing State House correspondents on the memoranda presented during the weekly FEC meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola said his memorandum was …read more →
We’ll Complete Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Sanwo-Olu Assures
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday assured Nigerians that the State Government would complete the ongoing construction of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. He said his government is committed to the construction of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, adding that the delay of work on the road was based on the government’s plan to build a first-class …read more →
FEC Approves Completion of Oyo-Ogbomosho Road
The Federal Executive Council has approved the Revised Estimated Total Cost (RETC) for the completion of the on-going Oyo-Ogbomoso Road. The decision of the Council was announced in a tweet by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare. The road which was awarded in February 2001 by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo was supposed to …read more →
Sanwo-Olu Flags Off Reconstruction of Ibeju Lekki-Epe Highway
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, rolled out a major infrastructural overhaul in the Epe Division of the State, flagging off the reconstruction of Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway 40 years after. The Governor flagged off the first phase of the road project on Sunday at a ceremony held at the Pan African University in Eleko, Ibeju …read more →