No Master Design For 750km Lagos-Calabar Highway, Umahi Admits

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has admitted that the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway has no single engineering design covering the entire route, more than two years after construction began in March 2024.
Umahi made the disclosure during a one-hour-30-minute interview on Arise Television monitored by our correspondent on Friday, explaining that the project was being designed and costed section by section.
The admission comes amid persistent questions over the highway’s total cost, construction process, environmental approvals and the federal government’s capacity to complete the project, which is one of President Bola Tinubu’s flagship infrastructure initiatives.
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