Fourth Mainland Bridge excites Lagosians

Lagos,  Nigeria

With a population of about 25 million, an economy reputed to be Africa’s fifth largest and a Gross Domestic Product (GDP), averaging $133 billion (about N27 trillion), Lagos State can be called Africa’s megacity.

But, unlike other megacities, Lagos cannot boast of modern infrastructure. Rather, it parades old infrastructure that are inadequate for its growing population.

One area where the inadequacy is most evident is in the transportation sector, where traffic congestion has become the new definition of modern Lagos.

This problem, according to experts, may get worse if the government does not address the infrastructure deficit, by not only expanding the  old roads across the state, but also building new ones.