SEE FULL LIST…….Minister of Works, Fashola Lists 44 Highways, 63 Roads to be Repaired Across Nigeria (Full List)

Babatunde Raji Fashola

hehehehehe……. Babatunde Fashola has unveiled plans by the federal government to build a better network of roads and bridges across the country.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has reiterated the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government’s established plans to build road and bridge network across the country.

 

The former Lagos state governor also highlighted the order of priorities in which the roads would be built through a revolving plan put around three years, between 2017 and 2019, adding that the intention was to connect states, drive economy, move fuel, food and import and export of goods.

 

He made the disclosure while speaking at the sitting of the House of Representatives’ Investigative Committee on Breach of Privilege, Violation of Appropriation Act and Incitement of the Nigerian Public.

 

Fashola said in addition to the plan for 44 federal highways construction contained in the 2017 Budget, government has also identified 63 roads in the first quarter of the year that were identified and prepared for emergency intervention across the country ahead of the rainy season.

 

This, he said, would give relief to Nigerians, while adding that the 63 roads were identified and prepared for intervention during the inspection tour of roads in 34 states.

 

He listed the proposed priority highway projects slated in the 2017 budget to include:

 

1. Kano-Katsina Road (Phase 1: Kano Town at Dawanau Roundabout to Katsina State Border)

 

2. Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Yauri Road

 

3. Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa-Bokani Road

 

4. Ilorin-Kabba-Obajana Road (Sections 1&11)

 

5. Ibadan-Ilorin Road, Section11 (Oyo-Ogbomosho)

 

6. Lagos-Shagamu-Ibadan Dual Carriageway, Sections 1&11

 

7. Lagos-Otta Road.

 

8. Apapa/Tincan Port, NNPC Depot (Atlas Cove) to Mile 2 Access Road

 

9. Apapa-Oshodi Road

 

10. Third Mainland Bridge

 

11. Apapa/Tincan Island Port-NNPC Depot Access Road

 

12. Benin-Ofosu-Ore Ajebandele-Shagamu Road

 

13. Obajana Junction-Benin Road Phase 2: (Sections i-iv)

 

14. Sapele-Ewu Road Sections 1&11

 

15. Second Niger Bridge

 

16. Onitsha-Enugu Expressway (Amansea-Enugu State Border)

 

17. Yenegoa Road Junction-Kolo-Otueke-Bayelsa Palm

 

18. Bodo-Bonny Road with Bridge.

 

Others are:

 

19. Odukpani-Itu-(Spur Ididep-Itam)-Ikot Ekpene Federal Highway Sections 1&11

 

20. Ikom Bridge

 

21. Enugu-Port Harcourt Dual Carriageway Sections i-iv

 

22. Calabar-Ugep-Katsina Ala Road

 

23. Vandeikya-Obudu-Obudu Cattle Ranch Road

 

24. Oshegbudu-Oweto Road, Oju/Loko-Oweto Bridge with approach roads

 

25. Nassarawa-Loko Road, Abuja-Lokoja Road Sections i&iv

 

26. Suleja-Minna Road Section 11. Kaduna Eastern Bypass

 

27. Kano-Maiduguri Road Section 1-1V

 

28. Hadejia-Nguru-Gashua-Bayamari Road and Kano Western Bypass.

 

Those listed as critical economic routes include:

 

29. Zaria-Kano Road, Abuja-Lokoja Road (Sections i-iv)

 

30. Ilorin-Jebba-Bokani Road, Ibadan-Ilorin Road (Sections `1&11)

 

31. Lagos-Shagamu-Ibadan Road (Sections1&11)

 

32. Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Ajebandele-Shagamu Road

 

33. Obajana-Benin Road (Sections i-iv).

 

Also in the list are:

 

34. Onitsha-Enugu Road (Section 1&11)

 

35. Enugu-Port Harcourt Road (Sections i-iv)

 

36. Calabar-Odukpani-Itu Road (Section1)

 

37. Calabar-Ugep-Katsina Ala Road (Sections 1&11)

 

38. Alesi-Ugup (Iyamoyung-Ugup) Road

 

39. Ogoja(Mbok Junction) Abuochichie Road

 

40. Otukpo Township Road

 

41. Kano-Maiduguri Road(Sections i-v)

 

42. Kaduna-Zaria Road

 

43. Kaduna-Katsina Road.

 

According to the Minister, roads that pass through agricultural areas across the country include:

 

44. Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Kontangora-Makera Road (Sections 1&11)

 

45. Makurdi-Naka-Ndoka-Ankpa Road

 

46. Akure-Ondo-Ore Road and Benin-Sapele Highway. Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria-Iyanomo Road.

 

47. 9th Mile-Enugu-Port Harcourt Road

 

48. Abakaliki-Afikpo Road Sections 1&11

 

49. 9th Mile-Oturkpo-Makurdi Road

 

50. Ogboko (Yandev Junction)-Katsina Ala (Ugbema Junction) Road

 

51. Wukari-Mutum Biyu-Jalingo-Numan Road

 

52. Section 1 Numan Jalingo Road

 

53. Gombe-Numan Road

 

54. Maiduguri-Dutse

 

55. Kano-Zaria Road.

 

The 63 roads slated for emergency interventions, which cut across the six geopolitical zones of North East, North West, North Central, South West, South East and South South

 

1. North East:

 

Construction of bridge at KM 32 along Billiri Filiya in Taraba and the repair of Billiri-Filliya Road in Gombe, Potiskum-Agalda-Gombe State Border (S/B) and Potiskum-Kari-Bauchi S/B Road in Yobe State.

 

Also included are:

 

1. Tella Road and Bridge 2 Abutment and Apawa-Junction-Zing-Adamawa (State Border) in Taraba State

 

2. Bauch-Darazo-Kari Road in Bauchi State

 

3. Numan-Lafia-Gombe State Border Road, Numan-Jalingo Road

 

4. Numan-Guyuk (Borno State Border)

 

5. Ngurore-Mayobelwa Road in Adamawa State, all in the North East.

 

2. In the North West:

 

Birnin Gwari Road in Kaduna, Kebbi-ArG.ungu-Sokoto (State Border) Road in Kebbi State, Gusau-Chafe-Katsina Road in Zamfara, Rimawa-Sabonbirnin-Niger Republic Road (Section 1), Rimawa-Sabonbirnin-Niger Republic Road (Section 2) and bridge embankment in Sokoto State, Gumel-Mallam Madori-Hadeija Road, Birnin Kudu and Babaldu-Malumuwa-Bauchi S/B Road, among others in Jigawa,Yayasa Bridge in Kano and Dusinma-Kankara Road in Katsina State.

 

3. North Central:

 

Makurdi-Lafia Road and Makurdi-Gboko Road in Benue, Okene-Kabba Road and Kabba-Omuo Road in Kogi, Ajase-Offa-Erinle-Osun State Boundary Road in Kwara, Keffi Abuja Road and Keffi-Gittata-Kaduna S/b Road, Nassarawa-Toto-Abaji Road in Nassarawa and Jebba-Mokwa Road, Bida-Lapal-Lambata Road and Makera-Tegina Road in Niger State are listed for repairs

 

4. South West:

 

Ibillo-Isu-Epinmi-Akungba Road and Owo-Akure Road in Ondo, Ilesa-Ijebu-Ijesa Road, Ijebu-Ijesa-Ekiti S/B and Ibadan-Ile-Ife-Ilesa Road, Osun S/B-Ilesa in Osun, Ibadan-Ile-Ife-Ilesa Road in Oyo, Ijebu-Ode-Epe-Ibadan Road in OG.un and Ikorodu-Shagamu in Lagos.

 

5. South East:

 

Abakaliki-Oferekpe Road in Ebonyi, Nsukka-Adani-AnamBrra S/B Road in Enugu State, Umuokpor section of Ikot Ekpene-Aba Road in Abia and Ihiala-Orlu-Umuduru Road, Owerri-Okigwe, among others.

 

6. South-South

 

Ikot Ekpene-Ikot Umoessien-Abia S/B Road in Akwa Ibom, Ebiama-Yenegoa Road in Bayelsa, Auchi-Igarra-Ibillo-Ose Bridge Road and Benin-Ofosu-Shagamu Road in Edo, Ebouchichie-Gakem Road in Cross River, Benin-Asaba Dual Carriageway, Asaba-Illa-Ebu-Edo S/B Road, Igbodo, Benin- Asaba Expressway and Warrri-Sapele-Edo S/b Road in Delta State among others.

 

Over 45 bridges, according to the list, are slated for rehabilitation over the next three years. They include:

 

1. Two bridges along Sokoto-Gusau Road

 

2. Murtala Mohammed Bridge, Koton Karfe

 

3. River Ebba to Cheche Bridge

 

4. Jebba Bridge

 

5. 3rd Mainland Bridge

 

6. Nine Lagos Bridges and flyovers

 

7. Lagos Ring Road Bridge Abutment

 

8. Ijora 7-Up Bridge

 

9. Ijora-Apapa Bridge by Leventis

 

10. Burnt Marine Bridge.

 

They also include:

 

11. Utor Bridge

 

12. Niger Bridge at Onitsha/Asaba

 

13. Onitsha-Owerri Bridge

 

14. Ibagwa Bridge, Ikom Bridge

 

15. Itigidi, Makurdi Bridge

 

16. Quata Sule Bridge

 

17. Katsina Ala Bridge

 

18. Buruku Bridge

 

19. Abuja-Abaji Bridge Section 11

 

20. Loko Owotu Bridge

 

21. Ibi Bridge

 

22. Kudzum Bridge

 

23. Gombe-Michika-Maraba Bridge

 

24. Gamboru Bridge

 

25. Katanko Bridge

 

26. Jaji Bridge

 

27. Borno/Adamawa State Border Bridge

 

28. Falani Bridge, Sumaila

 

29. Flyover Bridge at Silver Jubilee

 

30. Tambuwal Bridge.

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