The 23km Phase One of the Lagos-Badagry Highway is 95% completed, the Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said on Monday in Lagos.

Umahi made this known while inspecting the project.

The minister noted that the highway comprised three lanes and two carriage ways with a train track.

He expressed satisfaction at the quality and pace of the work being handled by CGC Construction Company.

“I can say they have completed the job to about 95 per cent. What is left for them to finish this phase one is only 300 metres.

“We have directed them to put the solar lights, not cable lights as they proposed. We are building for tomorrow,” he said.

Umahi said that the Federal Government was working on Section Two of the project, which is 22km.

“I want them to still do the same three lanes, two carriage way up to Seme Border, although it is part of the Lagos-Abidjan route.

“The point where we will get to the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway is also the point where the tunnel is coming, which means that the flyover there is imperative.”

He noted that the tunnel would begin from Ahmadu Bello Way on Victoria Island and go underground at a point.

“It will pass through the fishery school underground and go through the Ogogoro Island, and from there, it will go through the Snake Island and we come over to that junction and join the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway through the flyover,” he said.

He said that President Bola Tinubu was committed to the development of Nigeria.

Nigeria plans to build an underground tunnel in Lagos, expected to connect Victoria Island to Snake Island and extend toward Badagry, linking the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway with the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway. (NAN)