The roads will also provide alternative routes from the South East and South South Zones to the Northern parts of the country
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in the North Central zone, covering a total length of 1,054 kilometres at the total sum of N262.3 billion
Works Supervisor of Reynolds Construction Company, the firm handling the project, Yaniv Dabah, told reporters in Benin City on Tuesday during an inspection of the work by the state Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, that the project is exclusively financed by the Edo State Government
The reconstruction work achieved so far on this road, Onolememen said, has reduced travel time of commuters from about 10 hours to four hours as they travel from Lagos to Benin and vice versa
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, the Minister said Julius Berger emerged winner among five bidders
The project which has attained 46% physical completion he said would be opened for motorists during the yuletide period to avoid the usual traffic gridlock.
The Governor stressed that as part of the strategic infrastructure development programme of his administration, the State government has spent over N2billion on rural roads in the State as part in other to open up all parts of the state for economic development.
This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Works, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, who led a team of a Special Task Force for the Palliative Repairs of the roads
The termination of the contract, worth N10 billion, was announced on Monday by the Minister of Works, Architect Mike Onolememen