Third Mainland bridge
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, on
Wednesday in Lagos said that the emergency rehabilitation/maintenance of
the Third Mainland Bridge project would begin on July 27.
Kuti who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting at the Ministry of Works office in Lagos.
He said that the repair works on the bridge would be staggered over
a period of 27 months and would be handled by Borini Prono Construction
Company.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was
convened by the ministry for stakeholders to brainstorm on effective
traffic diversion and management to prevent gridlocks during the period.
Some of the stakeholders at the event include: NUPENG, National
Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Association of Maritime Truck
Owners (AMATO), Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and
the police.
He said that the bridge would be totally shut to traffic on the
first three days for the contractor to carry out various tests on it.
He said that subsequent closures would be on partial basis.
“A Dynamic Test on Bridge Expansion Joints on Third Mainland
Bridge is to be carried out between Friday, July 27, 2018 and Sunday,
July 29, 2018 and it has been done in such a way that it will have
minimum impact on road users.
“Consequently, the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to
traffic by 12.00 midnight of Thursday 26th July, 2018 and be opened by
12.00 midnight Sunday 29th July, 2018.
“Alternative routes will be plied during this period and traffic control will be in place to direct and help traffic movement.
“We regret any inconvenience this might cause road users as this closure is inevitable,’’ he said.
He appealed for the patience of road users and promised that all
alternative routes would be repaired to make them smooth for easy
access.
Also, the Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety
Corps, (FRSC), Mr Hyginus Omeje, appealed to motorists to use mass
transportation facilities during repair works on the Third Mainland
Bridge.
Omeje told journalists that the vehicular occupancy ratio in Lagos
was 1:1 which meant that there was an average of one driver per vehicle
that plied the road hence, the usual heavy traffic.
He said that all the traffic regulatory and law enforcement
agencies at the event were going to work in synergy to prevent gridlock.
“Instead of everybody coming out with their vehicles within
this period, can we do the park-and-ride option which we have been
advocating to really help us to ease off traffic in Lagos,’’ he said.
He also appealed to the media to increase its awareness campaign on
the dangers of drivers of articulated vehicles parking on the roads and
bridges.
They should change their attitudes toward indiscriminate parking of trucks on the roads and bridges, Omeje said.
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