The Lagos
State Government has said the Third Mainland Bridge would be temporarily shut
down for four days starting from midnight of August 23 to midnight of August 26
for “investigative maintenance test” to be carried out.
Ade Akinsanya, the Commissioner
for Works and Infrastructure, who stated this in a statement Sunday said the
decision was taken after due consultation with the Federal Ministry of Power,
Works and Housing.
The four-day closure, according to
Mr 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.
The federal government had earlier
announced plans to shut the bridge in July, but the decision had to be shelved
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.
“The Third 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,” said Mr Akinsanya.
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.
Mr 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 flow of traffic on all the other alternative
roads and traffic corridor across the metropolis to ensure free flow of
traffic.
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