Ministry Of Transportation Insists Alternative Routes Are Available On Closure Of Third Mainland Bridge

The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde disclosed in a statement on Friday, saying the six-month exercise to be embarked on by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing would target “fixing the worn out expansion joints on the structure of the bridge” and alternative routes highlighted for traffic management were being rounded up in readiness for the partial closure slated for Friday, July 24.

Dr Frederic Oladeinde, who signed the statement by the Ministry of Transportation noted that the state government was committed to the free flow of traffic during the period.

Raising concerns on some failed sections of the alternative routes, the Commissioner confirmed that the bad roads have been fixed.

He listed the failed routes as that Iddo inwards Carter Bridge, Market Road inward Herbert Macaulay Road, Herbert Macaulay road by Abeokuta Street, Herbert Macaulay by Cemetery and Apapa inward Oyingbo.