Lagos State Government is completing modalities for the award of contract for the Fourth Mainland Bridge.
It gave an assurance that by December, the reserved and preferred bidders would be known.
According to Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure to the Governor, Aramide Adeyoye, government was transparent to ensure investor confidence in adopting private sector partnerships to ensure the project would take off smoothly.
She said in February, thirty-two firms were shortlisted, adding that bids of ten applicants were currently being evaluated.
According to Adeyoye, names of successful pre-qualified bidders would soon be announced.
She said technical and legal issues and right of way recovery and compensations for property were being addressed to ensure seamless take-off.
Adeyoye made the disclosure during a ninisterial press briefing to mark the second anniversary of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.
She listed the different stages for selecting the different categories of bidders, assuring that the project would be awarded for take-off by November and December.
In her words, By the grace of God, there is no reason we should not get financial closure by the end of the year so that you know who the preferred bidder is and the reserved bidder.
On dilapidated roads on Gowon Estate in Alimosho Local Government Area and some other government estates, she said m road rehabilitation is a continuous project of Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC).
The special adviser said government has a package where private estates could pay a token for the LSPWC to repair their roads to ensure smooth motoring experience across the state.
She said infrastructure gap was a global phenomenon but government was doing its best to bridge the deficit.
The General Manager of the LSPWC, Olufemi Daramola, gave statistics of government/public estate roads that had been rehabilitated in 2021.
“Williams Estate has just recently been completed, Santos Estate and other estates in Alimosho would be touched,’’ he said.