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The Federal Government has set aside earmarked the sum of N548.98 billion for the reconstruction of the Carter Bridge in Lagos.
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja.
He said the decision to demolish and reconstruct the bridge followed investigations conducted at multiple points on the structure.
According to him, the investigations confirmed that the bridge underwater piles and pile caps had deteriorated beyond repair.
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“We called a stakeholders’ engagement, and all the technical experts all over the country, and even internationally, all agreed that we could not redeem Carter Bridge, and it has to be completely demolished and rebuild.
” We have gone through rigorous procurement and design. The initial total length of that bridge was 1.525 kilometres, with three lanes dualised.
“We have now increased the project to 1.93 kilometres because we increased a flyover ramp, so that the bottleneck that is usually there will no longer exist. The total contract sum approved is N548.98bn,” the minister stated.
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