The federal executive council
(FEC) on Wednesday approved N18.874 billion for the repair and maintenance
works on the third mainland bridge in Lagos.
The sum is part of the
N99.01billion approved for the repair and construction of roads across the
country, says Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing.
Fashola said the third mainland
bridge contract was awarded to one of the original contractors for the project,
Messrs Borini Prono of Italy.
He said the construction company
was expected to carry out maintenance works on 33 out of the 177 piles of the
bridge which were in critical condition.
According to him, part of the
repair works on the bridge will also involve the maintenance of general
expansion joint replacement and will be completed within 27 months.
The minister said the budget for
the repair on the bridge was captured in the 2017 appropriation law.
He said council also approved
N80.19billion as revised amount for the second section of the 84 kilometers
Lagos-Ibadan expressway project.
“The federal government has
initially approved N96.304billion for the Lagos-Ibadan road project. With
yesterday’s approval by FEC, the project has been revised to N176.50 billion.
“FEC also approved the
N38.034billion for the construction of the 9th mile-Orikam road in Enugu state
which is 72kilometers. About N10billion is to be drawn from the Ecological Fund
to fund the project.”
Fashola said council also
approved N2.54 billion for the redesign and construction of the Illie bridge in
Osun state.
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