Following the announcement that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be partially closed for six months in order for maintenance activities to be carried out, the Federal and the Lagos state governments have released traffic management plan aimed at reducing gridlock.
In a joint press briefing held in Lagos by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Engineer Olukayode Popoola; Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Olaseinde and the Special Adviser to Governor Babajde Sanwo-Olu on Works, Engineer Aramide Adeyoye, the said measures had been emplaced to minimize traffic gridlock during the closure of the bridge which would begin from July 24, 2020, to January 24, 2021.
Engineer Popoola said that traffic diversion would be in two phases. The first phase of the diversion which will last for three months for repairs of the Oworonsoki bound lane of the Third Mainland Bridge would be for morning traffic from 12:00 am to 1:00 pm from Oworonsoki to Lagos Island on the Lagos Island-bound lane, while the afternoon traffic from 11:00 pm to 12:00 am would be from Lagos Island to Oworonsoki on the Lagos Island-bound lane.
For the second phase, officials said that the diversion of traffic would equally last for three months for repairs of the Lagos Island-bound lane of the Third Mainland Bridge, would be for morning traffic from 12:00 am to 1:00 pm from Oworonsoki to Lagos Island on the Oworonsoki bound lane, while the afternoon traffic from 1:00 pm to 12:00 am would be from Lagos Island to Oworonsoki on the Oworonsoki bound lane.
“Motorists are advised also to ply these alternative routes: First, from Carter Bridge through Iddo through Oyingbo to join Adekunle ramp inward oworonsoki. Secondly, from Ijora Olopa through Western Avenue to Ikorodu Road,” Engineer Popoola said.
Dr Olaseinde, the Commissioner for Transportation, reiterated the need for less vehicles on the road during the period. He said that more public vehicles would be made available for commuters and advised residents to use ferries as more fleets would be provided by the Lagos Ferry Services.
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