President Bola Tinubu will in August flag off construction on 107km Sections 3B and 4 covering Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom states on the much anticipated Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.
Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi announced yesterday in Uyo while addressing Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other Akwa Ibom leaders in stakeholders’ engagement on alignment for construction of the Highway.
Umahi at the gathering also hinted at the federal government’s resolve to terminate the lingering contract of RCC on the Eleme to Onne stretch of the East-West Road and those of Julius Berger and CCECC on the Calabar-Itu Road for non-commitment to duty if the affected contractors do return to sites and display commitment when a 14-day window ends this week (from Sunday).
The Minister explained that the Calabar-Akwa Ibom axis of the Coastal Highway involves 27km Section 3B linking Cross Rivers to Akwa Ibom and 80km Section 4 within Akwa Ibom alone.
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Source: Thisday Newspaper
