The federal
government has postponed the closure of the third mainland bridge for
maintenance test from July 27 to August 24.
Babatunde
Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, disclosed this in a statement
issued on Tuesday.
The
bridge, earlier scheduled to be closed from July 27 to July 30, will now be
shut to vehicular movement from August 24 to August 26.
The
bridge connects the mainland part of Nigeria’s commercial capital to the
Island, where many corporate organisations have their head office.
On
Thursday, the Lagos state government urged the ministry to consider shifting
the proposed closure dates of the bridge to avoid compounding the traffic
situation across the state.
“The
three day closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for Investigative Maintenance
Test earlier slated to begin on July 27, 2018, has been shifted to August 24
the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has
announced. The Shutdown, earlier scheduled to last from July 27 to July 30 will
now last from August 24 to August 26, 2018,” read the statement signed by
Hakeem Bello, his spokesman.
“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
adding that the date shift was done “in order to give succour and relief to the
people of Lagos State and other inter-state road users and support the efforts
of the state government.”
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