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FG To Lockdown Falomo Bridge – Fashola

By Damilola Adeyemo

LAGOS – The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Third Mainland Bridge would be fully open to vehicular traffic before February ending and also there are plans to work on Falomo because the expansion joints also need to be replaced.

In a statement, Fashola said “The pillars, the piles, repair and underwater repair of the Third Mainland Bridge should not keep us beyond the end of February.

“Let me also say we have done work on Ojuelegba Bridge; we have done work on Independent Bridge. We have also done some work on the Falomo Bridge and we plan to close the Falomo Bridge after the Third Mainland Bridge.

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“We have to work on Falomo because the expansion joints also need to be replaced. The deck work has been done but we will notify the public in details when it will happen. We are also working on the Eko Bridge and right under it.”

“There is a road network of about 20 kilometres, 11 on the Anambra side, nine on the Asaba side and the other network of roads that leads you to Owerri. The bridge will be finished sometime early next year and the road work will continue,”

 “People may say they do not see what is happening because the greater percentage of the bridgework is underwater. The milling, reinforcement, concrete, cement and while that is going on, people may think nothing is happening. We are now at a point where the Onitsha bound section of the deck is almost completed. Once we finish that we will switch to the Delta bound side.

“With oil prices inching over $55 per barrel, we do not have the resources to get what we need. We need special funds like Sukuk bonds and the PIDF. The Lagos-Ibadan, Abuja-Kano highway and East-West road are under the PIDF. The Sukuk bonds started with 25 roads and expanded to 44 but are still not enough.

“When you bear in mind that we have 700+ contracts covering 13,000km, you see the size of the undertaking we have embarked upon. This is why we need to borrow to build infrastructure that will serve us 30 years or more.”

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