Abuja – April 2, 2024 – Viewpoint Housing News.
The federal government says contract has been awarded for the rehabilitation of two bridges in Lagos at the cost of N46 billion. The contractor for the rehabilitation work is Julius Berger, the German construction giant.
The minister of works, David Umahi, who disclosed this in Lagos, said the two bridges for rehabilitation are the Third Mainland and Carter bridges whose under water sections have been damaged.
The minister spoke in Lagos at Falomo-Ikoyi LASWA Five Cowries terminal last Friday while briefing a joint team of Senate and House of Representatives committee for works who were on inspection tour of Lagos zone for oversight of federal government’s projects,
“This afternoon, we looked at the critical infrastructure at the Third Mainland and Carter bridges. These two critical bridges along with Eko Bridge brings people to Lagos Island. Presently, only Eko Bridge is allowed to take heavy duty vehicles because of the critical challenges of the other two.
The cost of repairing the underwater damage at Third Mainland bridge is N21 billion, while that for Carter bridge is N25 billion. Already, Julius Berger is working on it, and has been mobilised with the sum of N6 billion and N7 billion respectively,” he said.
The minister explained further that there are three critical underwater challenges affecting the structures which are the depletion of the slabs, but there is nothing to worry that because the ministry is going to repair it as it did with Eko Bridge.
Other challenges are the deterioration of the pies caps and their cover, among others. The cause these challenges, he said, are illegal sand mining, underwater currents and rusting of the steel castings.
