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Monday, August 20, 2018 9.00AM / Proshare WebTV
The
Lagos State Government has said that the Third Mainland Bridge will be
temporarily closed for four days starting from midnight of August 23 to
midnight of August 26, 2018 in order to carry out Investigative Maintenance
Test on the bridge.
The
State’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Ade Akinsanya, who
disclosed this in a statement at the weekend, said the decision was taken after
due consultation with the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.
The
four-day closure, according to Akinsanya, will enable the contractors 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 plans to shut the bridge in
July, but had to shelve the decision after due consultation with the State
Government and wide deliberations with other stakeholders who expressed concern
about the indiscriminate parking of articulated vehicles on other alternative
routes which would have adversely affected traffic.
Subsequently,
a Joint Task Force set up to remove the articulated vehicles from the highways
was able to achieve tremendous success.
Justifying
the need for the closure, Akinsanya said: “The 3rd Mainland Bridge which was
opened about 30 years ago by the then military government has had haphazard
maintenance and repairs in the past which the present Federal Government is
committed to correct by carrying out proper and continuous maintenance and
repairs on it.”
Consequently,
the State Government appealed for the cooperation, support and understanding of
all motorists and residents, advising them to minimize non-essential travel and
movements during the four-day closure.
Besides,
Akinsanya said all traffic management agencies including the Lagos State
Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the
Police, among others, have been mandated to ensure smooth and uninterrupted
flow of traffic on all the other alternative roads and traffic corridors across
the metropolis during the closure.
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