{"id":17200,"date":"2026-01-11T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/17200\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T14:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:40:10","slug":"tolling-to-start-on-lagos-calabar-coastal-highway-after-april-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/17200\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolling to Start on Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway After April Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6963acbea37b2.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The Federal Government says the Lagos\u2013Calabar Coastal Highway will be tolled immediately after its planned inauguration in April 2026.\n        <\/p>\n<p>This is as part of efforts to recover construction costs and fund long-term maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this on Saturday during an inspection of Sections One and Two of the project.<\/p>\n<p>He said tolling was incorporated into the project\u2019s financing structure and would commence once the road is opened to traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Umahi noted that work has been intensified on Section One, a 47.47-kilometre stretch from Ahmadu Bello Way to Eleko, with the aim of completing it by April.<\/p>\n<p>He added that about half of Section Two is also expected to be ready for inauguration around the same time.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, the government is coordinating with the contractor, Hitech Construction Company Ltd, to complete supporting infrastructure such as tolling equipment, surveillance systems and solar-powered lighting before the road becomes operational.<\/p>\n<p>Although official toll rates have not yet been approved, Umahi said earlier projections were shared to give motorists an idea of likely charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He said the government estimates that with daily traffic of about 50,000 vehicles, the cost of constructing Section One could be recovered within 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>The minister acknowledged that construction has been complicated by engineering challenges, including route adjustments to avoid existing buildings and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>He said parts of the corridor required deep excavation and stabilization due to poor soil conditions and accumulated waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Government says the Lagos\u2013Calabar Coastal Highway will be tolled immediately after its planned inauguration in April&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[6569,1028,311,6568,122,6567,264],"class_list":{"0":"post-17200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-conversation","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-lets-talk","12":"tag-nigeria","13":"tag-nigeria-info-fm","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}