Imagine a Lagos without the Third Mainland Bridge. You are likely to say it is an impossible scenario based on the inflammable traffic and other socio-economic hassles its absence would spark. Indeed, the song that would seize the air would be Fela’s ‘Confusion breki bone’. But did you know that as historic, engaging and impactful the Third Mainland Bridge is, …

The Lagos State Government has reiterated the assurance of the commencement of the 4th Mainland Bridge in a few weeks. The State Governor, Mr. Babjide Olusola Sanwo-Olu announced the conclusion of plans to perform the groundbreaking of the 37-kilometre bridge at a Town Hall Meeting held at the Lagos Sheraton Hotels. The Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga …

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, says the Fourth Mainland Bridge project will create about 5,000 jobs for the youth and train students on how such infrastructure is built. Speaking in an interview on Lagos Television’s Morning Delight recently, Omotoso said a contractor had been selected for the construction of the project. The commissioner added that the …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has secured a partnership with the African Export-Import Bank and Access Bank for an investment of $1.352 billion in Lagos infrastructure. The governor signed the partnership deal with the two banks on Tuesday at the second Africaribbean Trade and Investment Forum 2023 in Georgetown, Guyana. “It was a significant moment in Guyana at …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to building and completing the Fourth Mainland Bridge to ease transportation in the state. At the swearing-in ceremony of his second-term cabinet members held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja on Wednesday, Sanwo-Olu said his government would focus on building Phase 1 of the bridge. “This Bridge, …

The proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge project will cost $2.5 billion and will be ready in 2027, it was learned on Friday. Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Private Partnerships, Mr Ope George, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye told reporters at Alausa, Ikeja that the official turning of sod would be done by …

The Lagos State Government on Thursday announced Messrs CCECC-CRCCIG Consortium as the preferred bidder for the proposed Fourth Mainland bridge project. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Private Partnerships (PPP), Mr Ope George said at a briefing at the PPP Office in Ikeja that the project, which is a proposed PPP transport infrastructure development, would comprise of the …