FG Commences Construction Of 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway

The federal government through the minister of works, David Umahi has announced that it has commenced the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway

Umahi made this known in a statement on Thursday, issued by Orji Uchenna, his special adviser on media, in Abuja.

He disclosed that the contractor began the work after the official handover of the first phase of the project, made up of 47.47 kilometres of dual carriageway, to Hitech Construction Company Ltd.

He commended the construction company for being reputable for quality and speedy delivery of jobs, acknowledging their efforts in starting work immediately after the contract is awarded.

“They have completed some filling of 1.3 kilometres from the day the project was awarded to them. It shows the speed they are going to deploy to this project,” Umahi was quoted as saying.

“Within a couple of weeks, we awarded the project to them, they mobilised a lot of dredging equipment, and you can see that they have recovered 1.3 kilometres of section one of the phase.”