The federal government says demolition of structures within the first three kilometres of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will begin on Saturday, April 27.

The federal controller of works in Lagos, Keisha Korede, disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos.

She said the structures to be demolished would be those within the designated right of way for the project.

Ms Korede urged property owners who received demolition notices and have concerns to visit the Federal Ministry of Works secretariat from today, Thursday, April 25, until tomorrow, Friday, April 26, to discuss their concerns.

She said, “Thereafter, the demolition squad will move to action by Saturday morning for the first three kilometres.

“For the first three kilometres, anything within the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be dropped down from Saturday morning.

“So, I want to use this medium to reach out to as many as we cannot put calls across to, that this will go a long way to let them know that their issues will be sorted out between today and tomorrow.

“Especially if you are within zero to three kilometres of the projects and you have been marked. You have been identified as standing in the right of way of the project corridors.”

The 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project is designed to connect Lagos to Cross River, passing through the coastal states of Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom, before culminating in Cross River.

The 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal road will cost N15 trillion to construct, and each kilometre will cost N4 billion.

(NAN)