LASG to begin construction of 4th Mainland Bridge this year – Commissioner

LASG to begin construction of 4th Mainland Bridge this year – Commissioner

The Lagos State Government has said that the construction of the 38 km Fourth Mainland Bridge would still begin this year.
The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy , Mr Steve Ayorinde, said on Tuesday in Lagos that the state government was committed to the proposed project .
The commissioner, however , did not mention any specific time of the year for the commencement of the project.
The construction of the bridge is accommodated in the state ’ s 2017 Budget .
About N 844 bn was earmarked for the construction of the bridge.
About 800 structures and shanties will be affected by the construction of the bridge to be carried out under a Build, Operate and Transfer arrangement.
The construction of the bridge will be coming 50 years after the state ’ s existence and 26 years after the delivery of the Third Mainland Bridge by the ex - military President Ibrahim Babangida .
The idea of the 4 th mainland bridge first came up during the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration , about 14 years ago .
In May 2015 , Governor Akinwunmi Ambode signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a consortium of firms and finance houses for the construction of the bridge.
During its conception , the government had to stop several times , when it realised that about 3 , 000 structures could be affected by the bridge ’ s right of way .
To continue the construction , a new alignment design concept was produced to save about 2 , 200 houses from being destroyed .
The project, when completed , will give birth to the longest of all the bridges connecting Lagos Island to the Mainland .
The bridge will pass through Lekki , Langbasa , and Baiyeku towns – on the Lagoon estuaries – to Itamaga , in Ikorodu.
The bridge will serve as a complement to the Eko , Carter and Third Mainland Bridges and help to reduce traffic .
The bridge is expected to have a four -lane dual carriageway .

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