• Umahi orders nationwide audit of strategic bridges
The Federal Government has intensified efforts to address long-standing structural and safety challenges on key transport infrastructure, with about N15 billion expected to be spent on the ongoing rehabilitation of the Iddo Bridge in Lagos.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this during an inspection tour of federal projects and bridges in Lagos, explaining that the Iddo Bridge is grappling with what he described as “heritage problems”.
According to him, the problems include damage caused by a previous fire outbreak triggered by illegal occupants living beneath the bridge. He said the fire affected three spans on each of the two carriageways, bringing the total number of damaged spans to six.
Umahi said the current rehabilitation strategy involves strengthening one carriageway to temporarily accommodate all traffic, while the damaged spans on the other carriageway are removed.
“We have reinforced one of the carriageways so that traffic can be diverted totally to it.
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