brodalikeme: This does not look like a suspension bridge to me. I just see cables descending from a tower. The basic structural requirement for a suspension bridge are lacking. Am seeing only one tower, and the cables that hold the weight of the deck are anchored to the bridge itself instead of the end of the bridge.

GeneralJ:

About water in cities, what is the fisherman in chief doing, last time i checked wasn't there a ministry of water or something, why are they not doing anything??, where is all the money going ?, Lagos has commisioned about 15 mini water works or something like that in the last 2-3 years, and you are here talking about "half the population don't have access to basics", how do you know that, how do you just arrive at such a conclusion, please show us your research process..when almost every community in Lagos has a waterworks in it.

IGBO-SON:


^^^So can you give any insight into the benefits of a suspension model over what we normally build in Nigeria; try leaving out the abuse this time.......i know it's hard, but try!

PS- and don't consult google either!

Kennyblues: Lagos State Governor, Babatunde has finished building the first suspension bridge in
Nigeria. The 1.358km bridge, which will link Ikoyi (Alexander Street) to Lekki (Admiralty Way), cost about N29 billion to build and a toll will be collected to recoup the investment. The


http://sturvs.com.ng/1044866/governor-fashola-builds-first-suspension-bridge-in-nigeria/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

shymexx: ^^^^How come GEJ and other governors aren't signing the same papers?

Are they amputees?

Just give credit where it's due, or ignore the darn thread...

dammytosh:

ACN must add some lies to anything they do. Remember Obama invitation, Remi Tinubu's Donation.

What do we expect from a party whose spokes person is LIE Mohammed. They just have to lie.

With this propaganda, deception , hyper inflated contracts. There is no hope for Nigeria in 2015. It is just a matter of having the same vultures with another logo.

I just wish we divide this nation called Nigeria but if we do, South west will pay toll gate fee till a true revolution happen.

Lekki Ajah ---- 40billion for 40 kilometer road. --- With ur jeep u pay #300 per day , #106,800 a year after paying more than 1.4million tax to the same govt per annum to go to the office everyday and some morons will come here and sing Hosannah for all these useless politicians.

Prosterity will judge Jonathan and all the thieves spread across different political parties.

See hater . Mein Gotte...All these Ibos are nothing but some bunch of Arschloch

jp philips:



what kinda people hang out here anyways

anonimi:




Please get more informed; the Federal Ministry of Water Resources does not provide pipeborne water for cities. That is the states function according to the 1999 constitution amended to date.

GeneralJ:

It is not a citywide issue, its a country wide issue, my question is WHAT IS THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES doing about water in the country

romanlaw: did i see 29 BILLION? chai!! tinubu don hammer for this one oh!! but when will they build one in Isolo, Ejigbo, Ikotun, Egbeda, Iyana - Ipaja etc......are they not part of Lagos. everything is Ikoyi, Lekki

IGBO-SON:
Nice one! Though i think your thread title could do with a little tweaking, as Fashola didn't build anything (he'd have to be Superman to perform such a feat)......he signed the contract papers for Julius Berger to build it using Lagos tax payers money.

Scarpon: like this post if u support fashola for president

Reference:

That is how development comes. Sorry to say so but Lekki and Ikoyi are more important than some of those places you mentioned.

It doesn't take rocket science to deduce that you invest more where you earn more. Am sure the government is looking at its tax receipts and earnings futures and seeks to secure that. Whenever I get to Lagos and watch the daily mass exodus to and fro the Island/Peninsula I myself wonder but that's the reality. That's where the money is. That's where investors will identify with. That is the show case of Lagos.

Then I drive around Lagos famous for its numerous boutiques both high and low class sparkling with beauty, bright lights, sumptous decor and it gets me thinking. Do these guys who own these places really live like this. Are their homes this flash, no.

Of course not. If you spend more money on your home than your office, factory, farm, shop, etc then you must be a fraudster, robber, typical government philanderer or political jobber. People simply invest their prime dollar where they can get it back.

And this leads to the conclusion. Those who will use the bridge are those who are able and willing to use it. Take it to those places you mentioned and risk the 'Arizona' treatment. [size=13pt]
The funds generated from the tolls can be ploughed into less privileged areas. That model cannot work the other way round.[/size]

crisycent: The person that posted this does not know the meaning of a SUSPENSION BRIDGE. From the pictures, this is just a regular bridge like the 3rd mainland and it has a suspension bridge design. Fact is that the so called iron/poles/ropes locking on the concrete bribge is just fashion, it is not holding or stabilizing the bridge in any way!!!!

itsme9jaG: Based on the definition of what a suspension bridge is by Wikipedia i think the bridge qualifies to be called a suspension bridge technically

"A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (the load-bearing portion) is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. "

Though one migt say based based on other samples of s suspension bridge its not expected to have pillars. But them JB seems to be the building champion in Nigeria and may not have the cability to deliver a suspension bridge.

All said and one kudos the the Governor, for such a enviable milestone as usual. Very amiable and goal oriented Governor i must say.

musiwa24: that is not a suspension bridge..

this is a suspension bridge

itsme9jaG: Based on the definition of what a suspension bridge is by Wikipedia i think the bridge qualifies to be called a suspension bridge technically

"A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (the load-bearing portion) is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. "

Though one migt say based based on other samples of s suspension bridge its not expected to have pillars. But them JB seems to be the building champion in Nigeria and may not have the cability to deliver a suspension bridge.

All said and one kudos the the Governor, for such a enviable milestone as usual. Very amiable and goal oriented Governor i must say.

eko ilee:


its a cable stay bridge which is another form of suspension and the cables are not there for fashion, the cables are integral part of the structure..

That was ignorance on your part...

Billyonaire: Its NOT Fashola or Lagos State project. The Lekki Bridge is a PPP project financed by a private company.

The sum of N10 billion has been released by the Lagos State Government to bigwig construction outfit, Messrs. Julius Berger Plc, towards the excution of two major infrastructure development projects in the bustling city.


The projects include the expansion of the Eric Moore-Mile 2 Road (which is the initial leg of the multi-billion-naira, multi-phase Lagos-Badagry Expressway rehabilitation scheme) as well as the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge (connecting Lekki Peninsular Scheme I with Osborne Road in Ikoyi).

http://allafrica.com/stories/200905181155.html

Billyonaire: Its NOT Fashola or Lagos State project. The Lekki Bridge is a PPP project financed by a private company.

Venchy:

So who's PPP, foreign company, who offers them the contract, lagos state Government and who's going to bare the cost or signed an agreement with PPP, Lagos state Government and not federal means Mr Fash is responsible, so what are we talking about.?

Dr henry saint: the brige is not high enough

kross_01:
u mean u can still call that suspension bridge even with the obvious supporting collumns underneath? Look at the second picture that was posted by shymexx

9icest:

See hater . Mein Gotte...All these Ibos are nothing but some bunch of Arschloch