Dayo Jacob – Following the expiration of the ultimatum given to owners of properties on the right-of-way of 700- Kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road, the Federal Government has commenced the demolition of those structures this weekend.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs. Korede Keisha, disclosed this during a news conference in Lagos.
She urged property owners, who received demolition notices and have concerns, to visit the secretariat of the Federal Ministry of Works, between Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26, to discuss their concerns.
Keisha said the press briefing was just to create awareness for all those that may be involved or have one or two things to do along that project corridor.
She said that structures to be demolished are essentially those within the designated right of way for the project.
“We’ve sent out demolition notices to as many as are within the right of way and we are using this medium now to say that everyone that has any concern within that corridor and have been served, the secretariat is opened to them from today, 3.00pm.
“We are welcoming them from today till tomorrow. Whatever you have to do along that axis, and then we’ve come to you and marked you down for demolition, we are asking that you see us at the secretariat from today till tomorrow evening.
“Thereafter, demolition squad will move to action by Saturday morning for the first three kilometres.
“For the first three kilometres, anything within the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be dropped down from Saturday morning.
“So, I want to use this medium to reach out to as many as we cannot put calls across to, that this will go a long way to let them know that their issues will be sorted out between today and tomorrow.
“Especially if you are within zero to three kilometres of the projects and you have been marked. You have been identified as standing in the right of way of the project corridors,” she said.
The 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project is designed to connect Lagos to Cross River, passing through the coastal states of Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom, before terminating in Cross River State.
The 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal road will be constructed at the cost N15 trillion, and a kilometre of the road is estimated to cost N4billion.
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