The Federal Government has renamed the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway, with the Minister of Works, David Umahi, saying the decision recognises President Bola Tinubu’s long-standing vision for the project.
Umahi announced the development on Thursday during a media briefing in Abuja, where he also revealed that the President had approved a 400-kilometre extension of the Fourth Legacy Highway and the reconstruction of sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
According to the minister, the decision to rename the coastal highway followed consultations within the Ministry of Works and was made in honour of Tinubu’s role in conceiving the project during his tenure as governor of Lagos State.
“That highway is named President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway. By the powers conferred on me as Minister of Works, in consultation with my Permanent Secretary, the Minister of State, directors and staff of the ministry, we decided to name it after him because of his dream for it,” Umahi said.
He noted that the first section of the 750-kilometre highway, stretching from Victoria Island to Lekki, is a 47.47-kilometre six-lane carriageway featuring a 25-metre median reserved for a future railway line.
Umahi also announced that President Tinubu had approved an additional 400 kilometres for the Fourth Legacy Highway, extending the project from 700 kilometres to 1,100 kilometres. The road, originally planned to connect Akwanga in Nasarawa State to Maiduguri in Borno State through Jos, Bauchi, Gombe and Biu, will now extend into Taraba State.
In addition, the President approved the dualisation of another 400 kilometres of the East-West Road, the reconstruction of sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway using reinforced concrete pavement, the completion of the abandoned Ibi Bridge in Taraba State, and the construction of the 5.76-kilometre Lao Bridge.
Umahi said the projects are part of the Federal Government’s broader strategy to improve road connectivity, boost economic activity and modernise Nigeria’s transport infrastructure.
