Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, SAN has confirmed that construction work on the 2nd Niger bridge is now finished and will soon be open to the public soon.
Fashola gave the indication Wednesday at a press briefing in Abuja to present the scorecard of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
He said the only reason delaying the commissioning of the road is the construction of the link road slowed down by the recent surge of flooding.
He said, “I can confirm that the second Niger bridge itself is finished. People can walk through the bridge now unimpeded. What remains is the four-kilometer link road on the Asaba side.
“Right now, our dredger is in place, we have to rebuild the road by reclaiming sand, the recent surge of flood has slowed us down. On the Onitsha side, there is a 7kilometer road that links the bridge and the Onitsha-Owerri interchange.”
