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Mainland End Of Eko Bridge To Be Unavailable To Traffic For 3 Days - LASG

Dec 2, 2008 - Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced that the mainland bound end of Eko Bridge around Alaka area would be unavailable to traffic from 9pm this Friday December 5 till 5a.m on Monday, December 8, 2008 to effect repairs on an expansion joint on the bridge.

This was disclosed at a press briefing jointly addressed at Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa by the Special Adviser on Transportation Mr Kayode Opeifa and the Acting Federal Controller of Works in the Federal Ministry of Transportation Engineer Godwin Eke, as part of efforts to improve the status of federal infrastructure in the state.

Engineer Eke explained that the three day repair work will cost the Federal Government less than N7million.

In his words: “A local contractor that had handled similar projects on the bridge in the past will handle the job because of its experience and the cheap cost. If it had been given to any of the major contractors it would have cost the Federal Government several hundreds of millions of naira’’.

Engineer Eke stated that the work would cover a seven metre width on the bridge around the Alaka area and appealed to drivers coming from Lagos Island to divert to the service lane at Costain descent through Iponri to Alaka.

While speaking on the issue, Hon Opeifa explained that the job could not commence before now because the government has had to wait for Julius Berger to complete the road scarification at Alaka.

He explained that the scarification work there was to facilitate free flow of traffic during and after the repair works on the Eko bridge.

Hon Opeifa assured Lagosians that LASTMA officials would be stationed around the place to ensure free flow of traffic during the three days and urged people to also make use of the Third Mainland Bridge as an alternative route during the period.

He commended the Federal Government for its interest in the infrastructural development of the Lagos state by providing experts and financial logistics to do the job in phases.

Others at the briefing were Mr Young Arebamen, Chief Executive Officer of LASTMA as well as top officials from the federal and state ministries of transportation.