Third Mainland Bridge to be closed for repair works
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Adedamola Kuti, said on Tuesday, July 10, that consultations had begun for the closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for repairs.
Kuti told the News Agency of Nigeria that the Ministry of Works was going to hold a meeting with stakeholders on Wednesday to discuss how to manage traffic during the repairs.
He, however, did not specify the exact date the bridge would be closed to traffic or how long the repair works would last.
According to him, stakeholders attending the meeting to discuss the repairs include traffic regulatory agencies, transport unions, truck owners, drivers’ unions, and law enforcement agents, among others.
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“The Federal Executive Council has approved the maintenance work on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos state.
“The project has taken off already and in carrying out the work, we may, at certain times, be shutting down the bridge for maintenance. At the moment, we may begin with tests on the bridge; so, we may shut it by 12 midnight on Thursday and carry out tests and some repairs and open it to traffic by midnight on Sunday.’’
He said that six other damaged bridges across the state were already undergoing maintenance and rehabilitation.
“We have contracts on maintenance of some of the bridges in Lagos. We are completing maintenance work on the expansion joints on the Coconut Bridge.
“We expecting the contractor to start work on the Independence Bridge in Lagos.
“There is repair work going on currently on the Apapa Bridge, that is, Ijora/Leventis Bridge.
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“Maintenance work is ongoing on the Ijora-7up Bridge. We are also changing the expansion joints.
“On the bridge around the National Stadium area, we are putting covers to all the stolen manholes, we are replacing the steel covers from Stadium to Costain,” he said.
The controller said that some tests had been carried out on the Otedola Bridge, whose surface was recently burnt during a tanker fire.
Kuti said that the tests revealed that the bridge was safe for use and that the contractors would soon attend to the bridge.
Meanwhile, ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan, was accused of stalling the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan road project.
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Vanguard reports that the chairman of Bi-Courtney Construction Company, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN), made the allegation on Tuesday, June 26.
Legit.ng gathers that Babalakin said this in Gbongan, Osun, at the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) 2018 policy meeting. He said if not for government interference, the road project would have been completed before 2014 at the cost of N112 billion.
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