The Minister of Works Engr. David Umahi has clarified choice to hyperlink 750 kilometres Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway with the prevailing East West street in Ondo State.
He spoke on Friday throughout an interview on Arise Television the place he clarified controversies surrounding the legacy undertaking.
The minister mentioned the extra stretch concerned connecting the coastal freeway to the prevailing East-West Road by means of Edo State, slightly than abandoning the unique alignment.
“The alignment is intact,” he mentioned, insisting that Edo remained a part of the route involving Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States.
He acknowledged that describing the connection as a diversion was inaccurate, explaining that the intention was to offer a spur linking the freeway to the East-West Road.
“It’s to also put a spur. The word divert, if I used that then it’s a slip of the tongue. We are talking about the connection of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, we are connecting it also to have a spur on the East-West Road,” Umahi mentioned.
He added that the connection would supply another route and assist the reconstruction of the East-West Road, elements of which he mentioned had deteriorated and fallen under flood ranges.
The minister mentioned design work on the connection was ongoing, sustaining that it shouldn’t be confused with the unique 750km coastal freeway.
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