The Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State will receive N6.28 billion in surface maintenance, according to federal funding granted on Wednesday.
After this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Babatunde Fashola, the minister of works and housing, briefed State House reporters. He stated that the 11 kilometers of repairs, which will span over 24 months, will include interchanges, ramps, and crucial links.
He said that the action was in line with Executive Order 11, which was issued by President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired) in April 2022 and gave the nation’s national maintenance program legal standing.
Just two weeks ago, the Lagos State Government announced that it would perform restoration work on the 32-year-old Bridge to fix the foundation and failing and peeled asphaltic parts.
Fashola countered that there won’t be any overlap in efforts.
The previous governor of Lagos State stated that while the FG will handle surface maintenance to fix potholes and replace missing guard rails, the State’s Public Works Corporation will concentrate on the bridge’s functioning structure, such as the underwater piles.
