Tag: Third Mainland bridge

FG inaugurates ₦40bn CCTV centre on 3rd Mainland Bridge

Aminu Imam
FG 3rd Mainland bridge

…Rules out tolling The Federal Government yesterday inaugurated the ₦40 billion Close-Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Centre of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The CCTV centre was built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, (CCECC). Inaugurating the centre, the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, said that the current administration met a ‘very terrible Third Mainland Bridge.’ While answering journalists’ questions after the inauguration, the Minister said the Federal Government has no plan to toll the rehabilitated bridge. “We will not engage in construction on this bridge because it…

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FG to repair 3rd Mainland Bridge with over ₦3tr – Umahi

Aminu Imam
FG to repair

Minister of Works, David Umahi, said the structural rehabilitation of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State will cost more than ₦3 trillion. Speaking after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, Umahi said underwater and structural assessments of the bridge revealed severe damage caused by illegal sand mining, erosion, and corrosion to its piles and piers. “The rehabilitation is estimated at ₦3.8 trillion, while a complete rebuild would cost about ₦3.6 trillion,” the minister said. “We have approval for at least seven specialist contractors to carry out detailed…

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Third Mainland Bridge wont be re-opened on February 15 FG

Aminu Imam

  Extends completion date The Federal Government has announced that the Third Mainland Bridge will no longer be opened today, Monday, which was the earlier scheduled completion date for the rehabilitation works. This disclosure was made by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola. According to him, work will soon begin on the casting of the last expansion joint on the bridge before it will be finally re-opened. Popoola further said that the bridge would be opened at the end of February, as it would undergo one more total…

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