By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe
Total rehabilitation of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State cost N43 billion
while the bridge’s Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Centre cost about
N2.5 billion.
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made this known on Monday in Lagos
while addressing journalists.
Umahi said that the scope of work covered total rehabilitation of 14km by 14
metres width by two carriageways.
“It also includes rebuilding and repainting of some concrete works and replacing
expansion joints and putting solar lights, adding that establishment of the CCTV
centre was part of the Third Mainland Bridge rehabilitation contract.
“The total contract sum for rehabilitation of the bridge is N43 billion. The cost of
the CCTV centre is not more than N2.5 billion,” he said.
He emphasised that the CCTV centre did not cost N40 billion as reported in some
quarters.
Inaugurating the CCTV centre on Sunday, Umahi had said that the current
administration met a terrible Third Mainland Bridge.
“When we came on board in 2023, we met a very terrible Third Mainland Bridge,
Carter Bridge and Iddo Bridge both on the pavement, surface, infrastructure above
the water and even infrastructure below the water.
” The president, therefore, directed total re-evaluation and rehabilitation of the
surfaces of the Third Mainland Bridge and changing the expansion joints.”
