4th Mainland Bridge, Coming But Not Yet - Lagos State.

 The Lagos State government said the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge may not be realisable soon because;
“With the current plan, 318 buildings will need to be demolished for the bridge to take-off.”
Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Ben Akabueze and his counterpart from the ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat disclosed these during an inter-ministerial press briefing on analysis of Year 2014 budget, stressing that the year’s budget is aimed at eradicating poverty.
Hamzat explained that it was difficult for the state government to embark on the previous alignment for the construction of the bridge because of its huge requirements and expenses, adding that the previous alignment which is eight kilometers, will cost the state government N320 billion. According to him,
“And to construct a kilometer of that bridge is about N40 billion, so the issue is that we also need to factor the cost of demolishing the 318 buildings into the project. Alot of these buildings are beautiful houses.”He expressed concern that larger per cent of these buildings do not have genuine building permit.“We need to remember that when motorists make use of the bridge, they will need an exit route. And this route will require motorists to drive through a road that will afford them to link at Ijede in Ikorodu and another link to the Lagos-Ibadan expressway”.

Culled From Vanguard Newspaper