The Federal Authorities has disclosed {that a} whole of 1,224 kilometres of highway building work is at present ongoing throughout three of its legacy highway tasks: the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Freeway, the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway, and the Trans-Sahara Freeway.
The disclosure was made by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, in a press release posted on the Ministry’s official web site on Sunday.
The 1,224 km determine is predicated on a 3-lane equal measure, a normal approach of summing up progress on highways which have totally different widths.
It doesn’t imply the roads themselves are three-lane highways. In actuality, a few of them, such because the Lagos–Calabar and Sokoto–Badagry tasks, are 6-lane twin carriageways.
Utilizing this measure, 350 km of labor is ongoing on the Lagos–Calabar mission, 756 km on the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway, and 118 km on the Trans-Sahara highway, making a mixed whole of 1,224 km.
“I want to spotlight just some key ongoing tasks in every of the six Geo-Political Zones. The 4 legacy tasks of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR:a) Lagos-Calabar Coastal Freeway, which is 750 km: As of as we speak, a complete of 110 km is ongoing inside Lagos State and 65 km inside Cross River and Akwa Ibom States. The full ongoing is 175 km by 6 lanes or 350 km by 3 lanes within the South.
“b) The Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, which is 1068km: As of as we speak, now we have 258 km ongoing at Kebbi part and 120 km ongoing at Sokoto part. Complete ongoing is 378 km by 6 lanes or 756 km by 3 lanes within the North.
“c) Trans Sahara highway spanning via Cross River – Ebonyi – Benue – Kogi – Nasarawa – Abuja, which is 465km: 118 km by 3 lanes or 59 km by 6 lanes is ongoing in Ebonyi State – South,” the assertion learn partly.
Umahi additionally drew consideration to the fourth legacy mission, the 439 km Akwanga–Jos–Bauchi–Gombe highway, which is presently present process a redesign from versatile to inflexible pavement as directed by President Bola Tinubu.
The Minister issued the assertion in response to claims by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso that the present administration was prioritising roads within the South on the expense of the North. He mentioned the info on ongoing works confirmed vital exercise within the northern corridors.
Within the assertion, Umahi offered a broader image of highway building efforts throughout the nation, itemizing main ongoing tasks exterior the 4 legacy tasks.
Within the North, he highlighted work on corridors akin to Sokoto–Zamfara–Katsina–Kaduna (275 km dualized), Abuja–Kaduna–Kano (350 km dualized), the BUA Tax Credit score highway (256 km dualized), Zaria–Hunkuyi (156 km), the Kano Northern Bypass (49 km), Bama and Dikwa roads (100 km), and the Borno Ring Highway (110 km).
He additionally talked about different key interventions, together with the 76 km Malando highway in Kebbi, the 250 km Benue to ninth Mile twin carriageway, and the dualisation of Lokoja–Okene (86 km).
He introduced plans to publish within the coming week a complete checklist of all federal highway and bridge tasks valued at N20 billion and above which can be both ongoing or accomplished.
