The Lagos State Government has said the
Third Mainland Bridge will be temporarily shut for four days starting
from midnight of August 23 to midnight of August 26, 2018.....
The government explained that the
measure was to make it easy for Investigative Maintenance Test to be
carried out on the bridge.
The Commissioner for Works and
Infrastructure, Mr Ade Akinsanya, in a statement on Sunday, said the
decision was taken after due consultation with the Federal Ministry of
Power, Works and Housing.
He said, “The four-day closure will
enable contractors to assess the true state of the bridge after which
works would commence by the end of the year or early in 2019.”
Recall that the Federal Government had
earlier announced its plan to shut the bridge in July, but shelved it
after consultation with the state government and other stakeholders.
Justifying the need for the closure, the commissioner said there had not been a serious maintenance work on the bridge.
Akinsanya said, “The Third Mainland
Bridge was opened about 30 years ago by the then military government and
it has had haphazard maintenance and repairs in the past. The present
Federal Government is committed to correcting it by carrying out proper
and continuous maintenance and repairs on it.”
The state government appealed for the
cooperation of all motorists and residents, advising them to minimise
non-essential travel and movements during the four-day closure.
Akinsanya said all traffic management agencies had been mandated to ensure smooth flow of traffic on the alternative roads.
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