FEC Approves N1.07tr for Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved a N1.07 trillion contract for the construction of the first phase of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. Works Minister Dave Umahi said the pilot phase consists of a 47.47-kilometer dual carriageway of five lanes on each side and a train track in the middle. The phase, according to him, is part of the 700-kilometer road, spanning nine states and with two leading up North. Umahi, who dropped the hints while chatting with State House reporters after FEC’s meeting in Abuja, said the project will be constructed with concrete. He said: “Today, we had the approval of FEC for the construction of 700 kilometers of coastal routes running from Lagos through the nine coastal routes or states up to Cross River, meaning that it goes to Lagos, the Lekki Deep Seaport, Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom. But we also have two spurs that lead to the North, from the ongoing Badagry-Sokoto route and the one that leads to the Trans-Sahara route that goes from Ogoja down to Cameroon. Now, it is a dual carriageway, and each carriageway has five lanes and a provision for a training infrastructure that will be in the middle.”