Latest Update! FG Shifts Third Mainland Bridge Closure To August

The three-day closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for investigative maintenance text earlier slated to begin on July, 2018, has been shifted to August 24, 2018, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday.

According to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, the closure of the bridge, which was earlier schedule between July 27 and July 30, will now start from August 24 and end in August 26, 2018.

Fashola said the shift in the date was arrived at after due consultations with the Lagos State Government and wide deliberations with other relevant stakeholders.

He said, "The shift was done in order to give succor and relief to the people of Lagos State and other inter-state road users and support the efforts of the state government."

On the efforts to decongest the Oshodi- Apapa Expressway, Fashola stated that in the short term, he had directed that there should be an immediate development of trucks to the trailer park being constructed by the ministry."

He said, "The park has the capacity to accommodate about 300 trucks, as construction works for the shoreline protection continue.

The minister stated that the ongoing palliative work on sections of Apapa-Oshodi road and construction of the read leading to Apapa Port from Ijora, would soon be completed. He said the main exit route through Tin Can - Oshodi-Oworonshoki was under procurement for award, adding that when completed, the project that when completed, the project would enable free flow of traffic in the area.