The Minister of Works, David Umahi has hinted that about 30 kilometres of road of the legacy superhighway traversing northern to southern Nigeria would be commissioned in May 2025.
The commissioning would be symbolic to mark the determination for the realisation of the renewed hope projects on road infrastructures in the country.
Umahi said this in a statement issued by the Special Assistant Hon. Uchenna Orji and made available to the media.
According to the statement, the legacy road project which would pass through the economic corridors of the six geo-political zones in the country would enjoy project commissioning at Phasal levels.
“We believe strongly that we will be able to have about 20 km in both sections to commission by May 29th.
“In section one of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway in South West, we are very sure that will commission the first 20 km in section one and 10 km in section two,” Umahi assured Nigerians, according to the statement.
The Minister said the legacy projects would connect the critical economic corridors, thereby boosting the transportation ecosystem in the 6 geo-political zones.
He noted that the four Renewed Hope legacy projects and the inherited ongoing projects were on course, and emphasised that milestone project execution was adopted to ensure a sense of equality among the 6 geo-political zones.
The statement further said that “some of the sections of the projects being executed nationwide, including the inherited ongoing projects, would be ready for commissioning by May 2025.”
He added that “work is progressing on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway; on the Sokoto- Badagry Superhighway. Work is seriously in progress on the project.
The Minister stated that the “first 120 km, work is going on Sokoto as it has been procured. And work is going on by Hitech, using concrete.
“You have the Kebbi section, covering 250km and work is also going on there. He said it was important for Nigerians to know that this Coastal Highway and, the four Legacy Projects have the train track incorporated into all of them.”
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