Alleged Realignment: Coastal Highway Is Intact, Says – Umahi
Dave Umahi said the 400km East-West Road will be rebuilt as an extra route while surveying continues on the 750km coastal highway.
- Minister of Works Dave Umahi clarified that President Bola Tinubu never issued an instruction that the 750km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway be "discontinued to the East-West Road from Edo State."
- The Federal Ministry of Works emphasized that all legacy projects remain on schedule, dismissing public misinformation regarding the President's continued commitment to the 750km dualized Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.
- Minister Umahi noted that the 400km East-West Road reconstruction is an additional project, separate from the 750km coastal highway spanning Ogun, Ondo, Cross River, Akwa-Ibom, and the Niger Delta.
- Surveying and design for the remaining sections are currently underway, extending from the end of the Ondo axis through Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, and Rivers to reach Akwa-Ibom.
- Procurement and construction will commence upon completion of design surveys, ensuring the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway proceeds according to the original alignment despite localized pavement damage.
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FG says, Lagos-Calabar Coastal Rd unchanged, 400km East-West inland Is Additional
By Kola Alawiye In a shocking manner that has all the trappings of damage control, the Federal Government in Nigeria has come out to debunk , adjust and clarifies earlier statement by Minister of woks, Umahi. It has now been clarified that Tinubu Never Ordered Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Realignment, 400km East-West Road Is Additional Project ...
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