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| Minister Dave Umahi1 |
In a recent announcement at the 3rd stakeholders meeting for the coastal highway project, held on May 23, 2024, in Lagos, Minister of Works Dave Umahi shared significant updates regarding the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway.
Umahi revealed that the Federal Government has decided to abandon the previously proposed new route for the highway from kilometers 16 to 25. Instead, the project will revert to the originally gazetted alignment. This decision aims to protect critical telecommunications infrastructure and submarine cables located in the area.
“We have three critical infrastructure that are located on one spot. One is the 2Africa submarine cable that cuts across 33 countries connecting about 3 billion people. That cable landed at Mopo & where it landed, the West African cable systems (WACS) had already been located there about 17 years ago. We have a mega IPP which is to provide power to the 2Africa cable & the WACS cable." Said Dave Umahi,
Umahi also mentioned that the first section of the highway, spanning 47 kilometers, has been completely redesigned. He emphasized that every effort has been made to consider the impact on local communities and infrastructure.
“We have fully redesigned section one, which is 47 kilometres & we can say that we’ve done everything possible to put human face by managing the alignment." He added
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