Years after cancellation of toll plazas on roads in the country, the Federal Government under Buhari led administration is concluding plans to reintroduce toll plazas.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola revealed this shortly after the executive council meeting.
Fashola together with the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed addressed the correspondents of the State House after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He further stressed that the Federal Government is working on modalities for reintroducing cashless toll plazas since there is no law against toll plazas in the country.
“We are working on logistics before the reintroduction and acquiring more lands that will provide up to 10 lanes plazas.
Fashola revealed that the FEC meeting on Wednesday approved additional N15.765 billion for two roads in the country. The two roads are Suleja-Minna-Lambata road and Ibadan-Lagere-Ilesa bypass.
He further said the two roads contracts approved on Wednesday were upward review from initially approved rates.
On the 101km Suleja-Minna-Lambata road, he said FEC on Wednesday approved additional N12.6 billion.
N3.165 billion, he said, was additional approved for the Ibadan-Lagere-Ilesa bypass.