Repair works on the eight expansion joints of the
Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, have already started says Minister of State for Works, Bashir Yuguda.
Consequently, the bridge will be partially closed
from the midnight of the same day.
Yuguda announced this at a stakeholders’ forum that
preceded the handing over of the bridge to the contractor in Lagos on
Friday.
The repair is expected to last four months and will
be completed on Nov. 6. 2012.
The first phase of the replacement of the expansion
joints, according to Yuguda, would start on the Lagos Island-bound
carriageway between the Ebute-Meta interchange and Adeniji Adele end of
the bridge. The second phase, he said, would involve the
Oworonshoki-bound carriageway between Adeniji Adele and Ebute-Meta
interchange.
As a result, movement on the bridge from Oworonshoki
to Lagos Island will only be permitted from 11pm to 12pm every day,
while movement out of Lagos Island to Oworonshoki and Yaba will be from
12pm to 11pm.
Yuguda said security and traffic management issues had
been addressed in the series of stakeholder meetings held in
anticipation of the maintenance work, just as alternative routes to and
from the Island have been identified for use by residents while the
repairs last.
The alternative routes for road users are: Ikorodu
Road-Yaba-Oyingbo-Iddo-Lagos Island; Ikorodu Road-Western Avenue-Lagos
Island; Agege Motor Road-Oshodi-Apapa-Lagos Island-Victoria Island; and
Apapa-Oshodi Expressway-Mile 2-Orile-Lagos Island-Victoria Island.
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