The Lagos State Government has revealed that the construction of the long-awaited 37km Fourth Mainland Bridge will begin by the end of March or April.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated this on Thursday, January 25, 2024, while addressing the public at the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting held at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Sheraton, Ikeja, the state capital.
He said that his administration has done extensive work on the bridge but are at the crossroads of where to get real financing for the project that is required to be very creative adding that they have reached the last point of the construction.
“Our commitment is that within this first quarter, meaning that by the end of March or April, we should break grounds to start the construction of the Fourth Mainland Bridge.
“It is going to be built in phases; phase one will be from the Junction at Abraham Adesanya all the way to the Waterfront that we have at Badore. he said.
Sanwu-Olu used the opportunity inform of the extensive work his government has done extensive study in order to ensure that the project is carried out.
He said, although properties and businesses of some residents may be affected in the process leading to some discomfort, the government will ensure that affected persons are compensated.
He noted that both tenants and landlords of the buildings to be affected would be duly compensated.
The governor added that the next phase would be from the Waterfront in Ado to Ibeshe in Ikorodu and the third phase would be from Ibeshe to Ita-Elewa junction and later to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
