David Umahi, the Minister of Works, announced that the federal government has installed surveillance cameras on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
The minister made this statement on Sunday during a stakeholder engagement meeting about the phase one and two of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project.
He mentioned that the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on and beneath the bridge will soon be inaugurated.
Umahi further noted that ministry officials would be available to monitor the footage and enforce speed regulations.
The former Ebonyi governor also shared that the rehabilitation of the bridge has been extended to Falomo, where streetlights and additional surveillance cameras have been set up.
“Let me also announce that we have also done an extension of that bridge rehabilitation, a beautiful sight to behold from that Third Mainland Bridge down to Falomo. We have put streetlights and we have also put CCTV cameras,” he said.
“Whatever you are doing on that stretch of Falomo to Third Mainland Bridge and the ramps, we are seeing you; it is on camera, and we are also routing it down to Abuja.”
“We will stay in our office and watch, like what we have done on the Second Niger Bridge.”
The minister urged drivers to follow speed limits on the bridge, cautioning that speeding might lead the government to install speed bumps.
“We have to talk to our people. The speed there is terrible. If we put speed bumps, then, it is going to create a heavy hold-up on the bridge,” he added.
