{"id":72400,"date":"2025-08-07T07:36:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72400"},"modified":"2025-08-07T07:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:36:54","slug":"30km-of-abuja-kaduna-kano-road-completed-works-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/07\/30km-of-abuja-kaduna-kano-road-completed-works-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"30km of Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road Completed -Works Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has announced the completion of 30 kilometers of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway reconstruction project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Umahi, the completed section is part of the initial 118-kilometer stretch, comprising 17 kilometers built with reinforced concrete pavement and 13 kilometers laid with asphalt. The segment reportedly cost about N252 billion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, the minister disclosed that the second phase of the project, spanning 164 kilometers, is estimated at N502 billion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He noted that President Bola Tinubu has approved a 30 percent advance payment of N152 billion to fast-track the work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Umahi revealed that construction is currently ongoing on four sections of the highway, with plans to expand to six.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe met with the contractor last week and agreed that they must deploy to at least six sections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Expressing optimism about meeting the 14-month completion deadline, the minister cited strong presidential support, similar to that backing other major infrastructure projects such as the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the Trans-Saharan Route, and the Sokoto-Badagry Highway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Responding to concerns about alleged structural issues on the coastal highway, Umahi dismissed the reports, clarifying that work had not commenced in the area in question.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He further announced plans to install 6.5-meter-high gantries with spikes under flyovers nationwide to prevent damage by overloaded trucks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This safety measure, he said, is aimed at avoiding incidents like the recent collapse of the Keffi flyover, which resulted in a fatality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Similar structural problems, he added, have been identified on newly constructed flyovers along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Keffi flyover will be the first to receive the protective gantry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has announced the completion of 30 kilometers of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway reconstruction project. &nbsp; According to Umahi, the completed section is part of the initial 118-kilometer stretch, comprising 17 kilometers built with reinforced concrete pavement and 13 kilometers laid with asphalt. The segment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72402,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400\/revisions\/72402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}