Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a tweet on Friday, December 30th shared some facts about the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge.
Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu of Lagos state has announced the bidders for the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge. He also made made the announcement on social media via his official Twitter handle on Friday, December 30.
The Lagos state governor tweeted that: "This project which is a PPP arrangement between Lagos state through the office of the PPP and the private sector investors went through a rigorous process before the emergence of CCECC-CRCCIG CONSORTIUM as the preferred bidder and MOTA-ENGIL (NIGERIA & AFRICA), CCCC & CRBC CONSORTIUM as the reserved bidder."
In a series of tweets, Governor Sanwo Olu unveiled some details about the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge when it is completed.
1. Second longest bridge in Africa
When completed, the fourth Mainland Bridge will be Africa's second-longest bridge—just behind the 6 October Bridge in Cairo is a 20.5-kilometer (12.76 miles) bridge that crosses the Nile twice—once from west bank suburbs to east through Gezira Island, and then on to connect downtown with Cairo International Airport to the east.
2. The 4th Mainland Bridge to feature nine interchanges
The proposed bridge will feature nine interchanges, according to Governor Sanwo-Olu. He said: "It [the bridge] is expected span about 37 km—starting from Abraham Adesanya in Ajah and traverse towards the Lagoon shoreline of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway via Owutu/Isawo in Ikorodu."
3. A strategy of development and control to manage congestion
Governor Sanwo-Olu also announced that the opening of the 4th Mainland Bridge will ease traffic congestion on the existing Carter, Eko and Third Mainland bridges while creating opportunities for new developments in previously inaccessible areas.
4. Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Project
It has been reported that the huge project is a pubic and private partnership project that will be funded partly by a combination of private and public investors.
5. Names of bidders
After a careful and rigorous process, two companies were chosen to build the project. They were CCECC-CRCCIG CONSORTIUM and MOTA-ENGIL (NIGERIA & AFRICA). The second one was named as a ‘reserved bidder’ in case anything happened to the first company before it completed its portion of work on time.
