The federal government has flagged off the construction of a 17.55-kilometre access road to the Second Niger Bridge (Phase 2A) in Asaba, linking the South-south zone to the South-east part of the country.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, highlighted the numerous ongoing projects in Delta state, including three major flyovers in Warri, a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations, in the ministry, Mohammad Ahmed, said yesterday.
Umahi further emphasised the federal government’s broader vision for road infrastructure, revealing that multiple strategic road projects are either ongoing in the country or in the pipeline nationwide.
These, he said, include the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the Benin-Asaba expressway, the Sokoto-Gusau-Katsina-Kaduna corridor, the East-West road, the remaining section of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway, among others.
He assured that the 9-kilometre extension of the reconstruction of the Benin-Asaba expressway to the 2nd Niger Bridge requested by the state government, which had just been flagged off, has now been approved.
