David Umahi, minister of works, says the federal government has installed surveillance cameras on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.

 

The minister spoke on Sunday during a stakeholder engagement meeting on the phase one and two of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project.

 

He said the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on the bridge and beneath it will be inaugurated soon.

 

Umahi added that officials of the ministry would be on standby to monitor the footage and enforce speed regulations.

 

The former Ebonyi governor relayed that the government has extended rehabilitation of the bridge to Falomo, adding that streetlights and additional surveillance cameras have been installed at Falomo.

 

“Let me also announce that we have also done an extension of that bridge rehabilitation, a beautiful sight to behold from that Third Mainland Bridge down to Falomo. We have put streetlights and we have also put CCTV cameras,” he said.

 

“Whatever you are doing on that stretch of Falomo to Third Mainland Bridge and the ramps, we are seeing you; it is on camera, and we are also routing it down to Abuja.

 

“We will stay in our office and watch, like what we have done on the Second Niger Bridge.”

 

The minister implored drivers to adhere to speed limits on the bridge, warning that excessive speeding could prompt the government to install speed bumps.

 

“We have to talk to our people. The speed there is terrible. If we put speed bumps, then, it is going to create a heavy hold-up on the bridge,” he added.