FCT Minister opens stadium’s underpass bridges

The FCT Minister Muhammad Musa Bello, has opened the completed sections of roads B6, B12 and Circle Road including three underpass bridges at the National Stadium end of the road connecting the Central Business District with the Airport Road. The underpass bridge project was designed to provide conduit for huge pedestrian traffic crossing to and […]

The FCT Minister Muhammad Musa Bello, has opened the completed sections of roads B6, B12 and Circle Road including three underpass bridges at the National Stadium end of the road connecting the Central Business District with the Airport Road.

The underpass bridge project was designed to provide conduit for huge pedestrian traffic crossing to and out of the National Stadium from the proposed Stadium Railway Station after every sporting event like football match.

It would be recalled that, the minister had pledged last month, that his administration was embarking on massive completion of some critical roads within the Federal Capital City with specific promise to complete the 10-Lane Kubwa and Airport roads by December 2016 and first quarter of 2017 respectively as well as B6, B12 and Circle road around the three-arm-zone.

The road from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to the Federal Secretariat beside the Millennium Park, abandoned for several years has also been completed and opened to traffic.

Some journalists, who were led to assess the job completion, spoke to some stakeholders including the FCT Director of Engineering Services Department.

In his remarks, the FCT Director of Engineering Services Department, Engineer, Adamu Alfa Abu ,said that the B6, B12 as well as the Circle Road projects are nucleus roads traversing the Three-Arms-Zone, Central Business District were awarded in phases and the first one in 1983.