Parking on roads, bridges very dangerous, Umahi warns

By Olayinka Ajayi

Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has issued a stern informing to commuters and each roadworthy users to desist from parking connected motorable roads and bridges crossed Nigeria.

Umahi stated this connected Wednesday erstwhile helium led journalists connected an inspection of Carter Bridge successful Lagos.

The curate who disclosed plans by the President Bola Tinubu-led medication to physique the archetypal passageway successful Africa that would walk nether water, said, “We observed that traders and commuters are parking connected roads and bridges, which is precise dangerous. It’s the crushed we person predominant harm connected our roads and bridges. It indispensable stop.

“You spot thousands of heavy-duty trucks parking connected our roads. It is the work of each of america to support our nationalist assets.”

On the decadence of Carter Bridge, Umahi said, “We went to bash a broad inspection of Carter Bridge with the acting manager of Bridge plan Engr. Musa.

Julius Berger is the 1 handling the under-deck rehabilitation. “The concern of Carter Bridge is truthful critical, and each stakeholders person agreed that it’s irredeemable.

“What we did is to spot however we tin salvage it and trim the outgo of operation astatine the clip of construction, but we could not instrumentality that determination due to the fact that we request the advisor and Berger to enactment successful their observations. The erstwhile Carter span that was done was demolished by explosives truthful it is inactive wrong the water. The ministry is not buying the thought of a caller 3rd mainland bridge.

“We volition bash everything to actualise the rehabilitation, but we person to bash distant with the Carter Bridge.

“We are besides looking astatine however to spell done the Ahmadu Bello Way and the coastal roads, past link it to Snake Island and link it down to the Sokoto Badagry tunnel.

“Our passageway wrong the crushed volition beryllium 2.9 km, and we are connecting it done the Ahmadu Bello Way. It is going to beryllium done seamlessly.

“It is going to beryllium the archetypal passageway successful Africa wrong water, and we are considering PPP. Before radical commencement shouting astir borrowing, we anticipation to money the task nether build, operate, and transfer.”

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