Private individuals will be permitted to build, operate or maintain assets on some federal highways that are up for concession, under the new Highway Development and Management Initiative introduced by the Federal Government.
Already, the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing had received the Outline Business Case Certificate of Compliance to the commence procurement process for the concession of 12 federal highways under the HDMI.
The Federal Government has commenced plans to concession 12 federal highways in the country.
The concession of the roads may also signify the return of toll gates as concessionaires will have to recoup their investments.
A new document released by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH) explained how the Highway Development and Management Initiative would be operated.
The ministry stated that there were two categories, Value Added Concession and Unbundled Assets Approvals.
In the Value-Added Concession initiative, the ministry stated that the road pavement and entire right-of-way would be on concession for development and management by the concessionaire.
“For the Unbundled Assets Approvals initiative, approvals/permits are issued for individual assets on the right-of-way on a build, operate and or maintain basis,” the ministry stated.
The development means that individuals would now be permitted to develop and maintain assets on the economically viable federal highways in order to boost the economic activities on the roads.
The FMWH stated that the aim of both approaches was to provide adequate highway services through the development of revenue-generating assets along the highways.
It further explained that the HDMI was expected to be anchored on private sector engagement via the concession of economically viable routes to technically and financially capable private companies.
This, it said, would be through the management and development of the right-of-way.
On how individuals and groups could participate in the scheme, the government said it was determined to ensure that its assets were entrusted into capable hands.
It therefore advised interested persons, companies and groups to form consortiums of construction/road maintenance companies, financiers, toll operators, rest house operators, advertising companies, lane marking experts, refuse managers, among others.
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