The Acting Federal Controller of Works in Anambra State, Seyi Martins, has said that the second Niger-bridge will be fully ready for use by the first quarter of 2024.

He stated this on Saturday, when he received members of the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria on the bridge, adding that work on the facility had reached 95 per cent completion.

Martins said although the bridge project would be officially commissioned by December, 2022, it would be fully opened for use by 2024, due to a second phase of work, a 3.3km road approach, on the Delta side and 7km road approach on the Anambra side that was yet to commence.

He pointed out that the first phase of the project had been substantially completed, saying that what was left was the final asphalt surfacing, on the Asaba bound carriageway lane.



According to him, the bridge which would be about 1.7km parallel to the existing bridge, would be a dual carriageway with three lanes on both sides measuring about 1.6km in length while the total length of the project would be 11.9km.


The acting controller further said that the steel guard rails had been completed, while the roads were set for vehicle traffic with the toll plaza area almost completed.

He said, “The bridge project is 95 per cent complete and it is expected to be commissioned by the end of December 2022, but there is a second phase which is a 3.3km road approach on the Delta side and 7km of approach road on the Anambra side that is yet to commence.

“The bridge can be accessed from the interchange at Oba on Onitsha-Owerri road. A road is being constructed to connect traffic on the Asaba-Benin Expressway pending the completion of the second phase.


“The second phase of the project is yet to commence, but the government has deemed it fit that upon completion of the first phase, it will be open to traffic.

“At the Onitsha end, there is an interchange at Oba, where you can access the bridge and on the Asaba end, there is a link road we are constructing to enable travelers to access the bridge from Benin-Onitsha road.”


The Chairman, COREN, Victor Meju, expressed satisfaction with the quality of work done so far and the use of indigenous engineers and also commended the contractor.

Meju said COREN leadership was concerned with ensuring that engineers working on projects in Anambra were certified.

He expressed satisfaction with the extent of work done so far, while commending the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for commitment shown to delivering the job as scheduled.

He noted that the bridge, when completed, would not only boost the economic activities of the South-East and South-South but for the whole country.

He said, “What we have observed today is impressive. We are happy that our members, local engineers, were generously used in this project.


“We thank the federal government and the government of Anambra and Delta states for their efforts at seeing that the project come this far. We are confident that the bridge will increase the business activities in the area.”


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Another APC promise unfulfilled

I told everyone that APC doesn't plan to complete even one project in the south-east.

What will APC campaign with when the come to south-east? APC should just apologise to Nigerians and withdraw from this presidential election.

I have been wondering how a man that so much hate the igbos will give them 2nd Niger Bridge.

Thank God, PO will complete the project and it will be name... Obidient Bridge.

Buhari did well in terms of infrastructure.

But the fundamental part of governance which is security and economy,he failed woefully

michlins:
Buhari did well in terms of infrastructure.

But the fundamental part of governance which is security and economy,he failed woefully

Aba-,Portharcourt express way is nothing to write home about.. Buhari performed below average.

Power infrastructure is still abysmal. A population of 180 million still sharing 5,000 megawatts.

michlins:
Buhari did well in terms of infrastructure.

But the fundamental part of governance which is security and economy,he failed woefully

Which infrastructure did he give you in south east?

successmatters:


Which infrastructure did he give you in south east?

second Niger bridge. If he manages to complete the Enugu Onitsha expressway, he's done better than Jonathan times hundred

I reserve my comment until the end of this Buhari tenor.

michlins:
second Niger bridge. If he manages to complete the Enugu Onitsha expressway, he's done better than Jonathan times hundred

Are you driving over the second Niger bridge now?

Is the enugu Onitsha express looking like what they will complete in the next 10 years?

I thought they claimed they would commission this bridge this year.

Buhari will quickly commission it before leaving office even if it is not completed just so his successor doesn't take the credit.