MrEverest:


Why not toll Lagos/Ibadan expressway for proper maintenance? Why not toll Abuja/Kaduna highway for proper maintenance?

So, it's only when federal government builds any infrastructure in the SE that they would remember tolling for proper maintenance? SMH.

frank14011991:
For proper maintenance it has to be tolled. Buhari is the best thing to have happened to alaigbo

post=119340620:
Anything to move our darling nation forward is all we want at [b][/b]

God bless Nigeria

sekem:
I want to use this bridge while traveling from the West to the East this yuletide.

But how do I connect to the bridge?

Kobonaire234:


The guy made a point.

PureMe01:


Peter Obi is the next president and no dime is gonna be paid

Eriokanmi:
Nigerian leaders are useless. You can imagine how much they'd have made, had the fed roads been tolled. I still don't understand why they removed toll gates. The American system of government which they adopted is turned upside down cos america till today tolls their roads. Shebi they'd have been using the revenues generated to maintain our fed roads,instesd of always borrowing to do so

ScamHunter:


Toll roads they can't provide security for its users?

bonechamberlain:
I hope the 365km road from Abuja to Kano would also be tolled. Imagine a 365km road constructed and APC has been salivating on a bridge less than 10km

CSTRR:
Nigeria is currently owing over 22 trillion, most of which was accumulated by the Buhari govt.

Buhari used those monies to build projects in other regions free of charge and asked eastern taxpayers to join in the debt repayment.

The only major project he did in the south East was not included in the all the loans that Buhari got.

The south east would pay for their own bridge themselves.

May God punish anybody that says Buhari gifted the south east anything.

MrEverest:


Why not toll Lagos/Ibadan expressway for proper maintenance? Why not toll Abuja/Kaduna highway for proper maintenance?

So, it's only when federal government builds any infrastructure in the SE that they would remember tolling for proper maintenance? SMH.

LegendHero:
Good. According to Fashola, Lagos-Ibadan expressway will also be tolled when completed. It’s seems that is their new policy now.

Anyone that do not wish to pay toll at the second Niger bridge should jump into the River Niger and swim across or better still make use of the previous bridge.

Wagwanbrethren:
Governments constantly run a budget deficit, at every level. So for those who might say 'how about tax' no, taxes aren't always enough.

Toll bridges are a little different. Big bridges are incredibly expensive to construct, so the builders need a way to recuperate that enormous loss of cash. Whether the bridge was built by a government, the private sector, or a partnership of the two, projects like that are only viable if they can partially pay for themselves through tolls. For example, the Ambassador Bridge (the busiest crossing on the USA_ Canada states border) is 100% privately owned, and earns the owner about $60,000,000 per year in revenue.
In theory, the tolls pay for repairs, maintenance, and upgrades for the road. In practice, however, abuses occurs. Occasionally the toll money goes to projects besides the road itself. But generally the toll roads are better maintained and thus less wear and tear on.

Truth is, government has to recover part of the cost of making new highways. It must not be forever. After 10 years it should be discontinued.
It depends on how construction and maintenance was financed. Every so often, the taxpayers agree to build a bridge. Other times they may object to the cost and only agree to partial funding. In that case, people using the bridge are charged a toll until the costs are paid off. In some cases, it’s never paid off.

SmartPolician:
This effectively makes it the only federal infrastructure built by this administration that its users will pay before using. Una well done.

I don't blame you people though - I blame Goodluck Jonathan for coming up with the idea - even the almighty 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos is not tolled.

post=119340620:
Anything to move our darling nation forward is all we want at [b][/b]

God bless Nigeria

post=119340620:
Anything to move our darling nation forward is all we want at [b][/b]

God bless Nigeria

SmartPolician:
This effectively makes it the only federal infrastructure built by this administration that its users will pay before using. Una well done.

I don't blame you people though - I blame Goodluck Jonathan for coming up with the idea - even the almighty 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos is not tolled.

ceejay80s:

Fashola this is not lagos u and tinubu will milk, we are not paying any toll or we destroy the bridge

Newsmic:


https://igberetvnews.com/1434456/second-niger-bridge-users-will-pay-toll-fg/

Wagwanbrethren:
Governments constantly run a budget deficit, at every level. So for those who might say 'how about tax' no, taxes aren't always enough.

Toll bridges are a little different. Big bridges are incredibly expensive to construct, so the builders need a way to recuperate that enormous loss of cash. Whether the bridge was built by a government, the private sector, or a partnership of the two, projects like that are only viable if they can partially pay for themselves through tolls. For example, the Ambassador Bridge (the busiest crossing on the USA_ Canada states border) is 100% privately owned, and earns the owner about $60,000,000 per year in revenue.
In theory, the tolls pay for repairs, maintenance, and upgrades for the road. In practice, however, abuses occurs. Occasionally the toll money goes to projects besides the road itself. But generally the toll roads are better maintained and thus less wear and tear on.

Truth is, government has to recover part of the cost of making new highways. It must not be forever. After 10 years it should be discontinued.
It depends on how construction and maintenance was financed. Every so often, the taxpayers agree to build a bridge. Other times they may object to the cost and only agree to partial funding. In that case, people using the bridge are charged a toll until the costs are paid off. In some cases, it’s never paid off.