Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode
While speaking at the Third Quarterly Town Hall meeting in Ikorodu,
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday, said the State
Government would sign a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with investors
for the construction of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge before May 29.
The governor who added that the bridge would run from Ajah to
Ikorodu, to Isawo, and berth at Ojodu, Ikeja, back to the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway, said, "Many investors have shown interest in the actualisation of our dream for the 4th Mainland Bridge."
Governor Ambode said that once the MoU was signed, works would
begin on the bridge, which would boost the economy of Lagos-East
Senatorial District, adding that plans were underway to convert the
Ikorodu-Imota-Itoikin-Agbowa Road to an eight-lane road under the
Build-Own-Transfer (BOT) scheme.
He said that though the government did not have fund for the
reconstruction of the road, some investors had shown interest in the
project, adding that the road would be built under the Public-Private
Partnership (PPP) programme.
"It will be a PPP Project; there will be three lanes on both
sides and the remaining two lanes in the middle will be reserved for
rail development in the future when the government has funds for the
project," he said.
Governor Ambode said his administration had also recorded success
in its Light Up Lagos Project as 68 rural communities were recently
connected to the national grid, and that places like Ile-Zik down to
Tollgate on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway had been lit up, adding that the
Light Blue Rail project was now about 85 per cent complete.
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