Reps Urge Works Ministry To Review Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Realignment
The resolution followed a motion on the need to review the proposed realignment and its implications for coastal communities. The post Reps Urge Works Ministry To Review Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Realignment…
The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is a federal government flagship infrastructure project intended to link Lagos to Calabar along Nigeria's southern coastline, cutting across several states including Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River. Since its announcement, the project has drawn attention not only for its scale but also for controversies around its route, environmental impact, and the displacement of communities and properties along its original path.
The latest development centres on a proposed realignment of the highway's route, which the federal government says is necessary because of difficult terrain, flooding risk, weak subsoil conditions and climate vulnerabilities in some coastal areas. According to the coverage, this would see the road diverted away from certain coastal communities. The House of Representatives has now passed a resolution urging the Ministry of Works to review this realignment plan, reflecting concerns from lawmakers about how the change could affect the affected communities. The reports do not specify which lawmakers sponsored the motion, the exact communities involved, or how the ministry plans to respond.