The federal government has announced that demolition of structures within the initial three-kilometer stretch of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will commence on Saturday, April 27th.
Keisha Korede, the federal controller of works in Lagos, revealed this during a press briefing on Thursday in Lagos.
She specified that the structures slated for demolition are those encroaching upon the designated right of way for the project. Ms. Korede encouraged property owners who have received demolition notices and have concerns to visit the Federal Ministry of Works secretariat from today, Thursday, April 25th, until tomorrow, Friday, April 26th, to address their concerns.
She said, “Thereafter, the demolition squad will move to action by Saturday morning for the first three kilometres.
“For the first three kilometres, anything within the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be dropped down from Saturday morning.
“So, I want to use this medium to reach out to as many as we cannot put calls across to, that this will go a long way to let them know that their issues will be sorted out between today and tomorrow.
“Especially if you are within zero to three kilometres of the projects and you have been marked. You have been identified as standing in the right of way of the project corridors.”
The 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project is designed to connect Lagos to Cross River, passing through the coastal states of Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom, before culminating in Cross River.