The federal government has said that the new Artisan Bridge located at kilometres 0+800 Enugu - Port Harcourt Expressway, which collapsed earlier in the week will be totally demolished, redesigned and reconstructed to avert future occurrences as well as loss of lives.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, who spoke when he visited the site of the collapsed bridge, said the recommendation was given by the engineers.
Speaking on the development, Umahi said he had to immediately visit because he knew the collapsed bridge had been of critical use to the socio-economic growth of the entire South-east region, particularly those commuters within and outside Enugu. According to him, this was already being pioneered in the construction of the Apapa-Oshodi road and the Lekki-Ajah Free Trade Zone area in Lagos state as well as in Ebonyi where he was governor and recently in Cross River state by the Governor Bassey Otu
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