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FG approves N23bn for Maintenance Of Third Mainland Bridge
it will as well be used as the augmentation of the contract sum for the old Enugu-Anambra road project.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who briefed State House correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, said the 24-month repair would cover 11 kilometres, including interchanges, ramps, and critical links.
He said the move aligns with Executive Order 11, signed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in April 2022, which gave legal backing to the country’s national maintenance policy.
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The announcement came barely two weeks after the Lagos State Government said it would rehabilitate the 32-year-old bridge to repair failed and peeled asphaltic sections and substructure.
However, Fashola argued that there would be no duplication of efforts.
The former Lagos State governor said the state’s Public Works Corporation would focus on the functional structure of the bridge, such as the underwater piles, while the FG will undertake surface maintenance to treat potholes and restore missing guard rails.
He said, “Council approved a new contract for the maintenance of the pavement of the third mainland bridge and this was approved in the sum of N6.28bn for 24 months
