The Federal Government has announced that the Iyana Oworonshoki-Adeniji Adele section of the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed from 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha said the closure would be done on the Lagos Island-bound carriageway of the bridge. Kesha who appealed to motorists to obey traffic rules and use alternative routes to prevent hardship as comprehensive repairs continue on the highway, also listed the alternative routes …
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The Federal Government has announced plans to shut the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos starting from midnight of Saturday, October 21 to midnight of Sunday, October 22 to carry out repairs. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday, October 19. Kesha said the government is ready to begin comprehensive rehabilitation works on the bridge, starting with repairs of the critical portions. “However, in order to alleviate …
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that the proposed Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge Supersonic Highway will make travelling from Lagos to Abuja a four-hour journey. According to a statement released by the Director of Press and Public Relations unit of the Ministry of Works, Blessing Lere-Adams, Umahi stated this during a visit to Ogun and Oyo states on Thursday, August 31, in continuation of his highway inspection tour. During a meeting with the Ogun State Governor, …
The Ministry of Works and Housing, says there is no going back in the proposed plan to shut the third mainland bridge for a period of six months beginning from July 24. According to the Ministry, the repairs are necessary so as to avert a collapse of the bridge. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, July 8, the Controller of Works, Federal Ministry of Works, Mr. Olukayode Popoola, said the bridge was last rehabilitated in 2012 …
Gospel artiste, Sammie Okposo, is full of thanks to God after he was ”delivered from death” while driving on the 3rd mainland bridge on Saturday May 16. According to Okposo, the propella shaft of his car pulled off while he was driving but thankfully nothing bad happened to him as he had already reduced the speed at which he was driving. Posting on his Instagram page, Okposo wrote I was not going to post this because i …