Nigeria, April 18 -- The Federal Government has begun sand-filling a portion of Landmark Beach Resort following a demolition notice for infringing on the right of way for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.

A video shared by Landmark on its Instagram page captioned "sand filling going on at Landmark #savelandmarkbeach" on Wednesday shows earth moving equipment sand filling sections of the beach.

Landmark sits along the Atlantic Ocean beachfront in Lagos's affluent Victoria Island area.

The planned infrastructure is designed to link the former capital city to Calabar, a port city near the border with Cameroon.

According to a presidential aide, Temitope Ajayi, approval for the new coastal road was given on 27 February by the fede...