FG explains why coastal highway remains closed to motorists

From Chukwuma Umeorah

Despite completing and commissioning a 30-kilometre stretch of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, the road remains closed to general vehicular traffic. The federal government has said this move is deliberate and tied to the road’s design and purpose.

Minister of Works David Umahi explained during a recent inspection in Lagos that the coastal highway was never intended…