Travel Advisory : Third Mainland Bridge To Be Closed For Repairs From January 9

The Lagos State Government has issued a travel advisory with plans to close the Iyana Oworonshoki-Adeniji Adele bound of the Third Mainland bridge for repairs from Tuesday January 9, 2024. This is aimed at ensuring that the citizens are adequately informed and make adequate plans for their journeys using alternative routes, ValidViewNetwork reports.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made this known on Thursday . According to him, the closure is part of the ongoing work that started in November 2023 with the fixing of the ramps, adding that the remaining parts of the bridge would also be repaired in phases.

The Commissioner emphasized that the residents should know that from 12 a.m. to 12 noon, the bridge would be open for Mainland Inbound Island travels, while those who intend to come from the Island to the Mainland are advised to use Eko Bridge.

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‘Conversely, from 12 noon to 12 a.m., motorists would be able to access the bridge from the Island to the Mainland while motorists from the Mainland heading towards the Island will have to use Eko Bridge’, he said.

The Commissioner pointed out that the timings were selected to match the peak period flow of traffic and reduce travel stress while he urged road users to cooperate with the state’s traffic management officials throughout the duration of the repairs, ValidViewNetwork reports.

The Nigerian Government through the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Olukorede Kesha, it is recalled had earlier announced plans to close a section of the bridge from the second week of 2024 in two phases, with each phase scheduled to last for six weeks.

ValidViewNetwork reports that Kesha in in an earlier statement explained that the planned closure will commence from 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 9 January 2024, explaining that the first phase of the closure would be done on the Lagos Island-bound carriageway of the bridge.

‘Consequent upon the above, motorists are hereby advised to use alternative routes and links, which include Ojota-Ikorodu Road-Funsho Williams Avenue-Eko Bridge-Apogbon-CMS and Ojota-Ikorodu Road-Jibowu-Yaba-Oyingbo-Iddo-Carter Bridge-CMS. Motorists can make use of Gbagada-Anthony-Ikorodu Road-Funsho Williams-Eko Bridge-Apogbon-CMS’, she was quoted.

‘Motorists are further advised to cooperate with the traffic management officials deployed to manage traffic and ensure hitch-free movements to minimise discomfort during this repair period. While thanking the general public for their past cooperation and understanding, more is expected this time’, Kesha added.

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