Third Mainland Bridge To Be Shut For Two Months

"Lagos bridge is closing down

closing down


closing down


closing down


Lagos bridge is closing down


My dear fellas "

exactly

De ja vu.
with no regards to suffering of people, this could take forever.

PDP controls FG, they may want to use this to suffer/blackmail Lagosians to vote for them in 2011.

i dont trust the FG.

no be road BRT go follow abi na water, Surulere, Apapa no bi option, i

t will be hectic,

Mehn Canoe to the rescue o!

Abeg make we contribute money buy state-of-the-art canoes  with life jackets jare.

no body dey fight here ooo!

u fit use canoe or helicopter

na as u get the money oooo

@rasputinn

you have more options than you know

you'll have to be creative about running your business
The repairs will happen whether we like it or not

Consider IT options, conference calling , video calls, webcam, on line chatting any other gizmo technology can find

Admitted the timing is a bit short, but even on this site ALL of us have complained about the NEED to repair the bridge.

By the way that poster has a point, mainland people may just have to stick to the mainland unless they prefer sleeping off in the cars whilst waiting for traffic.

its only for 2 months
people just have to adjust many times change is not convenient.

exactly, you have said it all

d 1st day of d maintainance wasnt funny, a frnd stayin on d mainland left home @ 6 am and go to d island @ 10:30am.

every body don talk dem mind n e good.
its a gd thing d maintainance has been put on hold to create alternative routes but d alternative routes we are talkin bout is

WESTERN AVE - the trafic that comes frm tha palmgrove end of this road is bad cos of d BRT lane

APAPA - This route is one HELLISH one. u can imagine driving on a BAD 3 lane road that has been reduced to ONE lane cos of the tankers that park on the road and tank farms we have along that road. the commercial area of Apapa is under goin major repair (sumtin like d one that turned marina to wat it is today) d trafic go BLOODY.

some1 suggested the use of technology, that is good but can u guys remember wat happend wit CETEL last friday/saturday when their network was completely down,pple switch to MTN and their network was over conjested GLO was d only managable one _{reason y all nigerians carry more than one fone}
our internet facility in nigeria is so slow so u can imagine.

@ Gemini
U DON 4GET SAY AIRPORT DEY MAINLAND and i knw so u go wan travel go yankee or Jand soon. i knw say u get cash so caverton wuld b your option

i knw u are tryin to catch your fun wit your comment its allowed. But the fact that pple on d mainland work on d island cos of d concentration of business in that place. of most of d organisations in d country, only banks av offices outside v.i that can serve workers on d mainland.
most pple dat work in telecoms company stay on d mainland. u can imagine wat hapens if they dont come to work, 9ja wuld b grounded partialy.

@ all

rail and water is d next option which are not so effective

Rail - wat is d rail network in nigeria like,where dem reach
Water - most nigerian dey fear cos nobody wan die

we cant run frm it, 3rd mainland hs to be repaired and we shld be ready to BEAR WHILE D OFFER LASTS

Walahi, my only problem with this closure of third mainland bridge be say, "HOW I WAN TAKE GO CLUB FOR IKOYI AND V.I NOW?"

All those hip joints, Malls and clubs go suffer die because 75% of their clients are from the mainland, o boy, ikeja clubs would experience mega booms now, not forgetting the strip club on Opebi, lol

considering the emergency response time of our agencies,its better to do the repairs oh.and for the first time govt is considering preparing alternative routes instead of the fire brigade approach we are used to.

and trust nigerians,those ferry service people are already thinking of increasing prices in anticipation of more patronage.
and to those advocating banning cars and sticking to brt.i guess u didnt know brt is grossly inadequate,u shoulda noticed the endless queues at the brt bus-stops.

make we buy okada oh or better still water scooters(it aint popular in naija though).

Lmao   The ministry ought to have planned all these before declaring a date of closure. So much of Improper planning.

No Plans to Close Third Mainland Bridge
From Patrick Ugeh in Abuja and Efem Nkanga in Lagos, 07.18.2008

Repair works on some loose joints on the highly strategic Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, will commence on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at noon, and not today as reported.
But the all-important link bridge between Lagos Mainland and the Island, the major business hub of the nation, will not be closed to traffic although vehicular movement will be streamlined.
Mr. John Albertazzi, a representative of the contracting firm, Messrs Borini Prono, revealed this after a stakeholders’ meeting yesterday at the glasshouse office of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Abuja.
Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr. Tunde Ekunsumi, also said that movement on the bridge had been designed to flow effortlessly rather than being closed completely.
Between 12 midnight and 12 noon, only commuters moving into Lagos Island from the Mainland (Oworonsoki axis) would be allowed on the bridge, he said.
“At Adekunle, they will either exit (right) to Ebute Metta or turn left across an open space in the median and then turn right and drive against traffic up to Adeniji Adiele where they can either exit to the Island or move on to Ijora or Obalende, Ikoyi or Victoria Island.
“There will be signs at the exit points of Ikoyi, Obalende, Victoria Island, to advise motorists, who are barred from the bridge, on alternative routes to use during the period,” Ekunsumi said.
According to him, “a reverse movement will take place between 12.30pm and 1pm, when there will be a change, to midnight.
“The Lagos end of the bridge will be opened at this time, and the Mainland end of the bridge will be closed to traffic. There will also be signs to warn motorists on alternative routes to take during the period.”
Yesterday’s meeting was attended by the Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola on Transportation, Mr. Opeifa Kayode, Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA), the Federal Road Safety Commission, and the police, among others.
The two-week extension for the commencement of work is to allow for proper sensitisation of Lagosians and of people from outside the state who would need to navigate their way round the anticipated traffic congestion the work would cause.
Also, during the two-week period, Borini Prono is expected to make other roads in Lagos motorable to ensure smooth flow of traffic when repairs eventually begins.
There would be adequate road signs at the project site approaches to direct vehicular movements, adequate lighting along the bridge between 6pm and 6am, and a new 200KVA generator to support FERMA’s 200KVA generator.
Kayode said the Lagos State Government supports the project and had set machinery in motion to ensure smooth flow of traffic, and advised the Ministry of Transportation to leave coordination of transportation to the state.
“We support the repairs of the damaged parts of the Third Mainland Bridge; and not just the Third Mainland Bridge but of all bridges in the country and in Lagos State. We also agree that in a situation of safety time is of essence and we cannot afford to delay beyond the required time. We are also saying that we are determined and we are ready to work with the contractor and the federal authorities and the Controller of Works in Lagos State to make sure that everything will be done during the period of maintenance to make sure that motorists and pedestrians do not suffer,” he said.
He, however, said it was not just Third Mainland Bridge that would be affected by the repair works, but the entire Lagos State, because the work would spill over to Anthony Village clover outlet that controls the entire Lagos traffic.
He said: It will spill over to Oshodi-Apapa road and that could ground the entire Lagos West. This same repairs could spill to the tollgate via Ibadan. It could close or block the entire Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way and the entire Ketu-Ojota down to Ikorodu Town.”
He said the Lagos State government sees the bridge repairs as an effort by the Federal Government to improve the standard of living of the people of Lagos “and we are very happy about that”, but that the repairs should not translate to hardship for the people, hence the request for a two-week extension.
The state government, he said, would join the Federal Government to ensure that the project succeeds and that it had started tinkering with various options for traffic control on the bridge and elsewhere during the period.
He said 100 to 150 buses would be deployed by LAMATA and several others by bus, in order to manage high capacity fleet.
“We have met about five ferry services that can ply the Ikorodu-Oworosoki route to Victoria Island-Obute Ero axis and we are getting some positive responses,” he said.
The government, he said, is looking into an alternate route.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=117162

May be swimming is the best alternative, afterall

The shut down now would be on the 2nd of August. More time to prepare yourselves for the chaos.

Eeeyaaa Lagosians pele

I with you on that one