LAGOS State Government may soon announce a new concessionaire for the planned 3.8-kilometre fourth Mainland Bridge that will link Olokanla Ajah, almost opposite Pan African University, in Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area, with Ijede, on the outskirts of Ikorodu.
In the alternative, the government has mapped out a plan to solely finance the scheme, if suitable private sector partners could not be found.
Already, the search for the concessionaire has assumed a global dimension, after the Singaporean consortium, earlier slated for the project, was found to lack the capacity to execute it.
By the design of the bridge which will span Lagos Lagoon, an access road will be constructed off Lekki-Epe Expressway at Olokanla Ajah to the bridge head, while the waterfront communities of Baiyeku, Igbogbo will also be linked with Ijede, at Ikorodu end, with a network of roads, to connect the proposed facility.
The bridge, according to a top government official, was conceived as a strategic exit andinlet for the vast growing population in the Ajah-Lekki axis.
Specifically, it would be a utility infrastructure for the Free Trade Zone and the proposed airport, being planned by the state government in the area.
that fourth mainland bridge would be a wonderful idea when it finally happens