Umahi satisfied with pace of work on Lagos-Calabar coaster highway
The Minister of Works, Engineer David Umahi, has expressed satisfaction with the quality and pace of work being carried out on the Lagos-Calabar Coaster Highway.
A statement issued on Thursday by the Director of Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Works, Mr. Ben Bem Goong, called on all Nigerians to sustain the hope in Mr. President, which they overwhelmingly expressed in May last year through the ballot.
Speaking while inspecting the project, the minister described the Lagos-Calabar Coaster Highway as one of the most critical projects in the works sector and a critical national economic pillar.
Umahi revealed that the Federal Government is interfacing with all host states along the Highway to provide the needed land for the establishment of economically viable towns along the Highway to enable communities proximate to the highway to reap the full economic benefits associated with the facility.
Explaining to journalists some technical details in the construction processes, Umahi said the dredging processes, excavation works, dewatering and sand filling as well as placement of crushed stone base, cement stabilisation of the base course, drainage works and, and culverts among other processes are progressing satisfactorily.
The first phase of the highway is to be completed within 36 months.
According to the minister, provision has been made for a train station at the Ikorodu junction of the road, which will also provide a link to the Ikorodu-Sokoto Highway.
Also speaking during the inspection tour, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Senator Barinada Mpigi, and the Chairman House Committee on Works, Hon. Akin Alabi, respectively promised the unflinching support of the National Assembly in area of funding through an appropriation to ensure that this all-important project is completed in record time.
