FEC approves demolition, reconstruction of Lagos’ Carter Bridge

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the demolition and implicit reconstruction of the Carter Bridge successful Lagos, the authorities confirmed connected Wednesday.

Announcing the determination aft a furniture gathering chaired by President Bola Tinubu astatine the State House, Abuja, Minister of Works, David Umahi, said the assembly besides approved N5.6 cardinal to prosecute specialized engineering consultants for the plan and outgo appraisal of the caller bridge.

“Carter Bridge tin nary longer beryllium rehabilitated; it indispensable beryllium taken down and rebuilt entirely,” Umahi stated, adding that the determination follows extended consultations with stakeholders and had antecedently received backing from FEC successful an earlier session.

The Carter Bridge is 1 of Lagos’s busiest roadways, connecting Lagos Island with the mainland and serving arsenic a cardinal way for regular commuters and commercialized traffic.

Umahi besides revealed that the FEC approved six further large-scale infrastructure projects during Wednesday’s meeting, including large road upgrades and reconstructions crossed aggregate geopolitical...