Federal Executive Committee (FEC), Host On Monday, President Bola Tinubu approved the funds of several key road projects across the country.
This is known by the Minister of Engineering David UmahiAfter the FEC meeting held to the reporter after the FEC meeting held in the Abbia State Council Building.
He explained that most of the upcoming infrastructure plans, such as Lokoja-Benin and Abuja-Kano highway, will use reinforced concrete pavements instead of traditional asphalt methods.
According to him, concrete roads are more durable and cost -effective than asphalt roads, and warn the contractor not to do inferior work.
He said, “The concrete road is not only more durable, but also cost -effective in the long run. In fact, the cost of these concrete projects is much cheaper than previous asphalt -based contracts.
“We do not accept excuses such as high temperatures that fail on roads. The affected part is being renewed through appropriate supervision.”
Some approved projects include three parts of Lokoja-Benin Road (Phase 2, Phase 1) of Lokoja-Benin Road highway, “Third Mainland Bridge and Carter Bridge of Lagos “, Ado-Ekiti-EKITI-IGEDE Road Project, Ado-Ekiti-IGEDE Road Project, Project, A. Onitsha-Weerri highway and many other highways.
Naija News Understanding ₦ has allocated 470.9 billion, and the roads that have been assigned to the Triangle State, while $ 148 billion was designated to lead the channel to the second Niger Bridge to Anambra.
Lagos-Ibadan highway (stage 2, section 1) has been approved by 195 billion rebuilds, which is part of the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF).
The reconstruction of the three parts of Lokoja-Benin Road will be fully implemented with the comprehensive execution of concrete, with a total budget of 300.5 billion. Among them, the 64 billion Dutch Shield (Section i) from Obajana to Benin, ₦ 110 billion, AUCHI to EDO (part 2), the area near Benin Airport is 1310 $ 100 million (Section 3).
A contract worth US $ 3.571 billion has been authorized to conduct a comprehensive structural assessment of Lagos’s Third Continental Bridge and Carter Bridge.
FEC also approved the Ado-Ekiti-iGede Road project with a budget of 5.4 billion. In addition, 22 billion contracts on the Onitsha-Werri highway.
The Wusasa-JOS route in Caduner has been approved to allocate 18 billion.
ABIA and Enugu State have allocated $ 12.75 billion in collaborative road projects, which are based on the basic fields of budget restrictions.
FEC also approved $ 252 million for Abuja-Kano Highway, which is now divided into two major market segments.
The minister explained that the first part extended from the boundary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to Niger and included additional 5.71 kilometers. At the same time, the second part covers the area in Kano, which extends to 17 kilometers.
