Nigeria: In August, the Nigerian government plans to launch sections 3 and 4 of the Lagos-Calabar coastal motorway, which will eventually become the country's largest motorway. 

The Nigerian government plans to launch sections 3 and 4 of the Lagos-Calabar coastal motorway in August, with construction of sections 1 and 2 already under way. Section 3 covers 27 km of the Cross Rivers-Akwa Ibom axis, while section 4 covers 80 km, mainly in Akwa Ibom State.

The first 2 sections run respectively from Lagos to the deep-water port of Lekki (47.4 km) and from the port of Lekki to the new Dangote refinery. The project, budgeted at nearly 15,000 billion naira (USD 9.8 billion), should eventually create the country’s largest motorway, a network of some 700 km that will connect the states of Ogun, Ondo, Delta and Bayelsa as well as the above-mentioned states.

The infrastructure is part of the national transport plan, which provides for massive investment in the construction and renovation of a number of roads throughout the country. The authorities are seeking USD 35 billion in funding to start building 30,000 km of concrete roads, which should help to increase the density of the national road network and reduce the country’s infrastructure backlog, particularly in transport.