The Lagos State Government has announced that Marine Bridge will partially close from Monday 17 Jan to Saturday 2 April for emergency repair works on the infrastructure.
In a statement released by the Ministry of Transportation, the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, stated that the partial closure was to allow the Federal Government to carry out routine maintenance works on the bridge infrastructure.
He further explained that the temporary closure of the bridge is in two sections, Apapa Outbound, which will be repaired between 17 January and 9 March, and the Apapa Inbound section of the bridge scheduled between10 March and 2 April.
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Oladeinde stated that traffic outbound Apapa would be diverted to give way for contraflow of traffic between RRS point and Total Bridge, adding that motorists using lighter vehicles would be diverted to Marine Beach by Mobil filling station to connect Ijora Bridge or make use of service lane by Leventis to connect Naval Dockyard to link Total Underbridge to further their journeys.
For the inbound Apapa motorists during the second phase of the rehabilitation works, Oladeinde explained that traffic inbound Apapa would be diverted to allow contraflow of traffic between Total Bridge and RRS point.
He also added that motorists using lighter vehicles would be allowed to descend towards Total Underbridge and make use of Fire Service road to connect Marine Beach by Mobil filling station, while those heading towards Apapa would make a detour and connect Area B through NAGAFF using Mobil filling station service lane.
“The commissioner also assured that palliative repair works had been carried out on all the aforementioned alternative routes to ameliorate the effect of traffic and deployment of Lagos State Traffic Management personnel (LASTMA) to manage the diversion plan,” the statement read.
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The commissioner advised motorists to be patient as the measures taken were aimed at providing quality and safe road infrastructure for the people.
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