Federal Government to charge Motorists in between N1,500-N5,000 at toll gate along Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway.
Minister of Works stated this while evaluating how the cash allocated the roadway job will be made back in 15 years.
Umahi stated that the Lagos-Calabar seaside highway will gulp N4bn per kilometre and not N8bn per km, as declared by Atiku.
The Federal Government (FG) has actually hinted that vehicle drivers plying the toll gates along the proposed 700-kilometer Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be charged in between N1,500– N5,000 depending upon the kind of automobile.
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, specified this throughout an interview on Channels Television program, The Morning Brief, on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
Throughout the program, Umahi stated that the Lagos-Calabar seaside highway will gulp N4bn per kilometre and not N8bn per km, as supposedly declared by previous Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
“In 15 years, you make back the cash,” he stated while examining how the cash will be made back, dismissing calls that the expense allocated the roadway task was high.
“Let me overlook the facilities along the passage. Let me simply focus on the tolls and I put 50,000 lorries as a typical passage on these toll points daily.”
“I put N3,000 as a typical expense. N3,000 since the automobiles might be like N1,500, and the huge trucks might be like N5,000,” Umahi stated throughout the breakfast program.
The Minister likewise noted out some centers that will be developed along the 700-kilometer Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway aside the toll stations.
He stated:
“At every point of tolling, we likewise have toll station where we have a sort of relief activities: the dining establishments, filling stations, parking area, and so on etc. Individuals will now have self-confidence. In these areas, we plan to put CCTV all through.”
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