The Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG)has advocated for the extension of the Lagos-Calabar Coast Highway road project from Bar Beach on the Ahmadu Bello Way in Victoria Island, to Badagry.
In a statement, the Guild stated that professionals from BCPG carried out a preliminary feasibility study along the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean spanning from Badagry to Marina on Lagos Island, using a boat.
The statement reads, “Situating the terminus of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway by the border town, Badagry, will make a higher developmental and economic impact than the Bar Beach on Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island.
The statement noted that the coastal highway would link directly the proposed Badagry Deep Sea Port with the Tin Can Port, Apapa Port, and Lekki Deep Sea Port, adding that extending the highway to the international border of Badagry would encourage neighbouring countries to establish similar coastal highways that would boost international commercial activities.
“The direct route will increase patronage in the Lekki Free Trade zone, especially the Dangote Refinery and the airport. The highway will promote physical development with concomitant amenities along the rural settlements by the coastline.
“Slum growth along the coastline will be eradicated, and the construction of mass housing estates is predicted, “the statement added.
