Lagos, Dec. 9, 2022 – The Lagos State Government will announce the proffered handlers of maintenance of Third Mainland Bridge before the end of this year.
Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works and Infrastructure, announced this at a stakeholders meeting on Thursday.
Adeyoye, who was represented by the Project Director for the Fourth Mainland Bridge, Tokunbo Ajanaku, said the essence of the meeting was to get a feedback from the communities.
“At this point in time in the life of the fourth mainland bridge, we are closing out on the environmental social impact assessment stage.
“This is the 14th meeting we are having with the stakeholders.
“This meeting is for us to get a clear understanding; we want a feedback that will help us to make the project better.
“It has been a very good meeting because we have a feedback.
“There are recordings of all of the proceedings and we took more than 40 questions and none of them said anything rejecting the project.
“What the people actually stated was that the government was in delay and they wanted the project to happen immediately.
“There is no delay; we are following due process. We are stating emphatically here that the process is on schedule.
“It has not derailed and we are assuring you that in a very short while, according to the schedule, Governor Sanwo-Olu will be announcing the preferred bidder.
“When the fourth mainland bridge comes on, it will make businesses begin to flourish.
“We are looking at a business boom. Because of constraints on infrastructure, especially road infrastructure, several businesses are migrating or thinking of migrating.(GBN)
