youngsahito:
This is the disadvantages of small land scale of Lagos state.land is just wasting here I'm Benue state.

Ha no let dem fulani hear you oo! they want your land.

Funny enough all you need is just laws at the end it would create jobs

shepherd003:
ibom sea port will help decongest apapa sea port

Seconded.

Until other sea ports are upgraded i.e Gelegele,Ibom and co. We go just dey perambulate.

This is as the result of the federal government wanting to give all import duty to Lagos, so s to share the revenues with Hausa counterpart. Disenfranchising other ports in the land. If the heavy weight continue the Apapa bridge will collapse eventually

This trailers are nothing but trouble

vickzie:
op that line on that flyover is known as expansion joint and not necessarily a sign of failure, nevertheless it's still not a good idea packing such much tonnes on the flyover for such a long time

Yes. Not a sign of failure. The imposed loads on those bridges are much and they are static

build more railways to transport stuff....

europe has trucks problems too....

AutoJoshNIG:
Anyone that plies most of the important bridges in Lagos would by now be familiar with the sights of parked trailers on them.

Some of these bridges include Ojuelegba, Abati, Stadium, Ijora, Iganmu, Eko, Carter and Jibowu bridges.

The trailers are parked on these bridges due to the overstretched Apapa port and the absence of loading bays for these trucks.

These parked articulated vehicles are also the cause of the chaotic traffic flow on and around these bridges.

Besides the traffic gridlocks that these parked trailers cause, there is also an issue that deserves urgent attention.

These bridges are currently suffering enormous strain from the weight of these heavy-duty vehicles.




Note that some of these bridges were built in the early 1970s. By their design, they were constructed to carry moving loads within seconds. They were not built to retain loads for a prolong period. Sometimes, some of these trucks stay parked on the bridges for days and even weeks.

Daily, hundreds of these parked articulated vehicles of various sizes can be counted on these bridges.

It is also important to note that an empty 20-feet container weighs 2,000kg. A 40-feet container weighs twice that amount.

With an average truck weighing about 14,000kg, the total weight of 25 stationary trucks on the Ojuelegba Bridge could be around 450,000kg. Mind you, this does not include the weight of other vehicles that travel on these bridges.

What this means is that the 4 bridges on Western Avenue -– Ijora, Stadium, Ojuelegba and Abati Barracks – pack a massive 1.53 million kg on an average day.

Does anyone need to inform us that there is a disaster waiting to occur here?















Source:

https://autojosh.com/see-how-parked-trailers-are-causing-damage-lagos-bridges-photos/

Thats little price to pay for closing all the ports in Nigeria and then forcing a nation of over 180 million people to use only the ports in lagos

shepherd003:
ibom sea port will help decongest apapa sea port

D useless govts we have and have had in dis country won't let it happen. Decongest Apapa port and see d economy of Nigeria and other states bubble.
Make dem dey load up Lagos


One day, Lagos as a state will commit suicide on Nigeria's map.

ambode suld go learn hw fashola dey do am

Best solution to traffic and all this grid lock and bad roads is to have a functional railway line which can carry container to their destined location throughtout lagos and other states.from the railway yards the container can be carried to their destination by truck. This way traffic can be minimized and employment can be created in terms of additional workforce required at those railway yards

pat1612:
Best solution to traffic and all this grid lock and bad roads is to have a functional railway line which can carry container to their destined location throughtout lagos and other states.from the railway yards the container can be carried to their destination by truck. This way traffic can be minimized and employment can be created in terms of additional workforce required at those railway yards

This is not the "Best" solution, the solution is to have ports around the country and have containers come in thru them, this would drastically reduce gridlock in Lagos. Railway is good but very expensive to build and time consuming to come online as opposed to having two/three more ports capable of bringing in same size ships.

That broken one is not one of those built by the FG years, years ago. that was built by fashola and his stupid chinese engineers..those built in the 50's are still standing strong.dat doesn't. we should support standing load onbridge

manny4life:


This is not the "Best" solution, the solution is to have ports around the country and have containers come in thru them, this would drastically reduce gridlock in Lagos. Railway is good but very expensive to build and time consuming to come online as opposed to having two/three more ports capable of bringing in same size ships.

Building ports around countries will be expensive too. But is a solution to get goods at different locations directly.
Why i said railway ls is because they have a existing railway line inside port that can carry goods out side.i was just taking about lagos for now to get a solution to gridlock and other issues.
For example i am an importer my self and i carry my goods from port to my warehouse the truck takes a week or so to enter port and then almost same time to get back inside resulting in me loosing money. But if a railway can carry container out of port at a time 50 to 60 container can be moved out thus removing gridlock and this container can be delivered through existing railway lines to nearset possible locations inside lagos atleast to destination.
Just my thought as it is workable solution with no additional cost for now atleast.

bigpicture001:
That broken one is not one of those built by the FG years, years ago. that was built by fashola and his stupid chinese engineers..those built in the 50's are still standing strong.dat doesn't. we should support standing load onbridge

It’s an expansion joint. It’s not broken

bigpicture001:
That broken one is not one of those built by the FG years, years ago. that was built by fashola and his stupid chinese engineers..those built in the 50's are still standing strong.dat doesn't. we should support standing load onbridge

It’s an expansion joint. It’s not broken ...
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shepherd003:
ibom sea port will help decongest apapa sea port

which Ibom sea port abeg, am sure u are not referring to Ibaka deap sea port at Mbo LG area....?

Its very obvious that Ambode has lost control of the traffic situation occasioned by the activities in Apapa.

If you ply the Mile 2 - Apapa axis on a daily basis, you'll realise that Lagos is overhyped and that we are being governed by Orangutans both at the states and federal level.

Its like a place that has just been hit by a hurricane. Traffic laws dont work there.

kereman1:
Stupid fulani trailer driver, thinks they own every road in lagos state

its now Fulani trailer drivers and not Fulani herdsmen.when are we going to stop this ethnic sentiments of ours dat won't take us anywhere. are fulanis the only truck drivers we have in Nigeria. must u always display ur hatred for other tribes openly.like kereman like nnamdi kanu, same ethnic bigots.shioor

I wonder why no one has mentioned the root cause of this!
If the government should open 70% of the closed sea ports, I think the traffic of container carrying trucks will reduce by 50% thereby reducing the number of parkings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ2Z0yVN1iE