The Federal Government has approved 6.28 billion naira for surface maintenance of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos .
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who briefed State House correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa said the 24-month repair will cover eleven kilometers including interchanges, ramps, and critical links.
Mr. Fashola, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said that the move aligns with Executive Order 11 signed by the President Muhammadu Buhari in April 2022, which gave legal backing to the country’s national maintenance policy.
The announcement comes barely two weeks after the Lagos State Government said that it would undertake rehabilite the 32-year-old bridge to repair failed and peeled asphaltic sections and substructure.
The former Lagos State governor remarked that the State’s Public Works Corporation would focus on the functional structure of the bridge such as the underwater piles, while the FG would undertake surface maintenance to treat potholes and restore missing guard rails.
