FG to reopen Third Mainland Bridge fully on Feb 15

15 Jan FG to reopen Third Mainland Bridge fully on Feb 15

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be reopened on February 15. He spoke during the inspection of the construction work on major roads and bridges in the state, said most of the works on the bridge are almost completed.

He said, “We lost two weeks during the civil protest and our completion date earlier was towards the end of January, which has slipped.

“We are hoping that by 15th of February we should be done and the bridge should be opened to the public.”

Fashola explained that the Third Mainland Bridge construction is delaying the repair work on Falomo, adding that the government was conscious of the inconvenience that the closure of two major bridges at the same time would cause to motorists.

“We have done some work on Falomo Bridge , we are going to have to close Falomo Bridge as soon as this is done so that we can also replace the expansion joints there .

“All the other preliminary work has been done there, but we left it in order to reduce the inconvenience to commuters in and around Lagos.

Fashola also inspected the rehabilitated Obalende Bridge damaged by tanker fire and commended the contractor for doing a good job.