2nd Niger Bridge: Work begins July

The nerve-wracking traffic, which keeps motorists stranded for several hours on the River Niger Bridge at Onitsha, Anambra State, may soon be a thing of the past, as work will soon begin on the second bridge across the Niger River. Speaking to Daily Sun yesterday, the Public Relations Manager of Julius Berger Plc, which got the concession from the Federal Government to construct the bridge, Mr Clement Iloba, said the ground breaking ceremony will be performed next month. Iloba said that the timeline for the completion of the project was four years and that every arrangement has been made to meet the date. He, however, did not disclose the exact date when the groundbreaking event would take place nor the cost of the entire project.