Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has guaranteed that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is being built with flood resilience that will last approximately 50 years.
He made this promise during a stakeholder meeting about Section 2 of the highway project in Lagos on Sunday.
“We will make sure that our pavement level is going to counter any climate change,” he stated.
He also mentioned that the pavement level would be equivalent to the first floor of many buildings.
He added, “To retain the road, we are going to be building a retaining board. It has already started.
“We also have the cable duct so you don’t have to cut the road.
“MTN, African Plus or any other network doesn’t have to cut the road. The cables are there, I saw them.”
He further stated that closed-circuit television cameras will be installed along the highway to ensure that response times to any incidents are less than five minutes.
Additionally, he mentioned that the highway will include an evacuation corridor.
” We are going to be earning carbon credit by the reason of the use of concrete pavement which will have no emission.”
He said that there would be trees all through the road to make it exciting.
He stated, “We have the Dangote Refinery. You need about 60 metres clearance for the trucks to go in and out.
“We are now building a flyover that has a span of 60 metres, and then the next span is 41.6 metres counterbalance.
“We are flying over Dangote Refinery, and the seven-axial road is coming. It is going to be a point to behold. It is going to be another tourist site.
” Let me announce that along the corridor, there are lands that the state government has given us the right so we can build what I call relief centres where you can stop to have snacks, buy petrol.”
He also stated that supermarkets and medical facilities would be included as part of the service centers along the highway.
Umahi expressed gratitude to the stakeholders for their support.
He said, “Let me thank you all for coming to this public engagement.
“There are some people who are here not because they have money to claim but because of the love they have for this development.”
He also commended Hitech Construction Company, the contractor in charge of the project, for their excellent work and timely execution.
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