The proposed 470 kilometres Abuja-Lagos Greenfield superhighway will be completed in four years and last 100 years, the Federal Government said Saturday.
The proposed 470 kilometres Abuja-Lagos Greenfield superhighway will be completed in four years and last 100 years, theMinister of Works, David Umahi told journalists in Lagos that the road will be built by a private sector consortium at no cost to the government.
“When I first introduced this to the public, many doubting Thomases were saying ‘it is impossible, Lagos-Abuja that is done in 14 hours cannot be done in four and half hours’, that is the renewed hope of Mr President,” he said. “The only carriageway that is equivalent to this is the Third Mainland Bridge where each carriageway is 14 metres. It is going to be built on 275-millimetre thick concrete.
Umahi added: “So, the next thing is to bring the business proposal so we can negotiate on what the cost of the project is going to be. Then they go to the Ministry of Finance and negotiate on the issue of their money.
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