The Lagos state
government has announced a partial restriction of movement on Ikorodu road on
Saturday and Sunday.
This is to enable the government replace the dilapidated steel
pedestrian bridge at Fadeyi bus stop along the road, according to a statement
issued on Thursday.
The statement, issued by Olujimi Hotonu, permanent secretary in
the ministry of works and infrastructure, said the restriction would be in
effect on the nights of the two days.
It also noted that the pedestrian bridge would be pulled down and
replaced with a new one “worthy of the status of the state.”
The government said all traffic — both inward Lagos and outward
Ojota — would be diverted to the service lanes.
“To effect the removal of the bridge, the state government said
the main carriage lanes of the Ikorodu road would be closed to traffic for two
nights on Saturday, September 23rd, between 11pm and 6am, and Sunday, 24th,
between 11pm and 4am, while the service lanes will be open to traffic,” the
statement read.
“The notice of partial restriction of the road became expedient to
enlighten motorists and other road users to utilize alternative routes to avoid
delay as well as obey traffic officers deployed on the road to ease movement.”
While soliciting for the cooperation of all road users, the
government said it had put in place effective traffic management strategies to
control the traffic during the period of closure.
It regretted the inconveniences the partial restriction would
cause, adding that “the ultimate goal of the plan is to safeguard lives and
improve traffic along the corridor.”
- The Cable
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