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LAGOS-CALABAR COASTAL HIGHWAY PROJECT
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has directed that two television stations should be taken to the project site of the Lagos-Calabar Highway every week to show sections of ongoing work to the public.
The Federal Government has requested state governors to allocate a 500-meter-wide corridor of land along four major legacy road projects—the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Abuja-Kano Road, Trans-Sahara Highway, and Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi-Gombe Road—to support tolling infrastructure and boost returns on investment.
Former Lagos State ADC gubernatorial candidate Funso Doherty, through his lawyers, has served a pre-action notice to the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), citing alleged violations of bidding processes in the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.
The federal government announced on Wednesday the payment N2.75 billion in compensation to property owners impacted by demolitions required for the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, covering from channel 0 to channel 3.
Funso Doherty, a former ADC gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State, has called on the Lagos State Government to carefully consider businesses that have heavily invested in employing locals and contributing taxes while reclaiming land for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.