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I do not believe in all these comparisons. They remind me of the problem that the military created. The military thought that unity meant uniformity.

Each state should develop in its own way. For example, in the 1980s, Jos and the greater Plateau area was seen as a tourist haven. It was developed and peaceful. Would you say it was better or worse than Lagos? That would be comparing apples and oranges. The states should develop based on their needs and strengths.

Here's the formula (inspired by the 1960 constitution)

Revenue goes to owner of land who pays tax to the local government (tax could be between 10-50% depending on size of revenue). Local Government keeps 20% of tax and remits the rest to state government, state government keeps 30% and remits the rest to Federal Government. Federal Government keeps 25% and 25% is kept for emergencies (flood, drought, etc).

afam4eva: You're right.

But i've always thought that the federal government should put in some deliberate efforts to decongest Lagos so that there will be competition among cities. Right now, there's no single competition between lagos and other cities in Nigeria and that's because Lagos is lite years ahead of every city in Nigeria. It's embarrassing that musician that call themselves Enugu, Jos and port-hacourt based musicians are all based in lagos. That's because it's agreed that if you're not in Lagos, that there's a certain level you can't attain and i don't like that at all. I want a Nigeria where the richest man in Nigeria could be based in Akure, Enugu, Aba or Nassarawa. A Nigeria where there'll be a sort of rivalry between musicians in lagos, Port-hacourt and Enugu. A Nigeria where every state will be known for something and not a situation where every state wants to have an international airport like lagos. What is wrong in Enugu being our own Hollywood and Bayelsa being our own Miami and Ibadan being our own Boston(Education and so on).

This is my dream.

When you have a project to execute, you look at your resources and the size of the project, then you pace yourself and prioritise.

(By the way, I wonder why some people are asking me for pictures. I'm interested in my country and what happens in it, so I stress myself to get info about it. If others want info, they should stress themselves to get it and stop asking me).

Marina and Ajose Adeogun.

I see that this thread has been derailed in my absence. Before I join in (by posting pics of beatification works in Lagos) let me help with some definitions.

Physically segregated lanes: - A concrete demarcation is built into the road to segregate the BRT lane from other lanes. Only BRT buses are allowed on that lane and other vehicles cannot switch to the BRT lane because of the concrete between the lanes.

Priority Service: A yellow line is drawn to separate the extreme left lane from other lanes. Motorists can use the left lane at off peak periods, but the lane is reserved for the BRT buses at peak periods/rush hour.

@ other places, eg, Agege Motor Road, Ikorodu Road, Western Avenue, etc, the lanes are physically segregated.

Last.

3rd Mainland Bridge

On 3rd Mainland Bridge the BRT lane is not physically segregated. However, Lagbuses have priority use of the lane on the extreme left.

Marina

Obanikoro Bus Stop on Ikorodu Road.

1) This confirms what I suspected. People in the north are scared to assist the security agents because of reprisals from Boko Haram.

2) It confirms what Beaf said, that people in Kano are assisting the security agencies, despite threats from Boko Haram.

3) Lastly, it confirms what I've been saying. Boko Haram do not just plan to take over Northern Nigeria, they plan to take over the whole of West Africa (including Southern Nigeria).

More info on these threads

Rail

https://www.nairaland.com/898591/fashola-woos-foreign-investment-partners

https://www.nairaland.com/928874/more-updates-lagos-light-rail

https://www.nairaland.com/955955/orile-light-rail-station-complete


https://www.nairaland.com/948119/lagos-set-begin-second-light

Ferry

https://www.nairaland.com/919777/lagos-state-orders-60-ferries

https://www.nairaland.com/921830/lagos-get-60-ferries-fashola

Bridge

https://www.nairaland.com/829205/fashola-inspects-ikoyi-bridge-now

Contd

Examples (multi-modal transport)

1) BRT

2)LRT

3) Ferry services

4) Taxi

As I said on the 3rd Mainland Bridge thread, the solution to the transport problems in Lagos is a multi-modal transport system, with a mix of private-public effort.

We need the rail system (LRT, with government providing the rail infrastructure and private sector providing the running stock)

BRT (with government providing the lanes and bus stops, while the private sector provides the buses)

Waterway (with government providing the jetties, while the private sector provides the ferries)

And the taxis, danfo and molue, in order to prevent the kind of gridlock caused by the closue of 3rd Mainland Bridge.

[size=14pt]Repair of Third Mainland Bridge Causes Pain for Lagos Motorists[/size]

Chiemelie Ezeobi

In spite of the repeated announcements of the repair work to be commenced on the Third Mainland Bridge, in Lagos, motorists still seemed caught unawares by the volume of traffic that almost froze the city for hours unend yesterday. Just everywhere and every route, the impact of the partial closure of the bridge was very visible.

The roads and streets were brimming, all day long. The peaks and troughs did not align with the usual rush hour traffic like lunch time or school runs, etc. From morning till very late last night, motorists managed to crawl through long routes tortured and frustrated.
Unarguably, the Third Mainland Bridge, which connects the Lagos Island to the mainland, is the longest bridge in Africa, snaking 11.8km-long on the edge of the Lagos lagoon. Its first phase was built by General Olusegun Obasanjo as military head of state in the 1970s and was completed in 1990 by former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida.

The bridge, which begins from Oworonshoki and terminates at the Adeniji Adele interchange, also connects midway to Herbert Macaulay Way, Yaba. Its partial closure yesterday, once again, demonstrated the importance of the bridge to the social and business life of Lagos.
The repairs being carried out by the contractors, Borini Construction Company, kicked off on Sunday and is expected to last till November 6. The outcome of the partial closure was the grinding traffic ordeal most motorists went through in several parts of the state yesterday.

The huge vehicular traffic has shown that the alternative routes announced by the Lagos State Government are certainly not enough to cater to the volume of traffic on the various routes. Some of the alternative routes as communicated by the state Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, link the Island through Carter Bridge, Ikorodu Road, Ebute Metta, Western Avenue, Apapa-Oshodi Expressway through Ijora and Eko Bridge.

However, the alternative routes are plagued by several highway challenges. The Ebute Metta road, for instance, was particularly troublesome as many commercial bus drivers, were as usual, reckless as they blocked parts of the roads while they touted for passengers. The Ikorodu Expressway was not left out in the ensuing melee as many commercial drivers literally seized the service lanes.

THISDAY checks revealed that several officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) were at various points of the many routes to help direct traffic and ensure that the slow flow was neither breached nor blocked. Some 700 officers of LASTMA were said to have been drafted to monitor traffic throughout the duration of the repairs.

Expectedly, several road users lamented that the alternative routes were not properly managed, and urged government to go back to the drawing board to map out a lasting solution that would ease the suffering of motorists.

Speaking to THISDAY, Mr. Olateju Ogundipe said with the hassles commuters and motorists are already passing through just as the repairs had commenced, could only mean that it would get worse in the days and months ahead.

Another motorist, Kelvin Mbanusi, said: “When we said we were scared of this closure, we knew what we were talking about because on a normal day, the traffic snarl could last four hours, so you can now imagine how many hours we will spend in traffic with the repairs.

“As much as we laud the initiative to repair the bridge, we can’t help but groan at the loss of manpower and time. To beat traffic, it is either we leave our homes by 3 am as against the normal 4 am, or we will get stuck and as businessmen, time wasted means loss of patronage.”
Emeka Iloabuchi, who also spoke to THISDAY, said the traffic jam had made him resume late at work and caused him a reprimand from his boss.

He said: “The traffic snarl was so bad that I arrived work late. My boss could not care less about the traffic situation; he gave me the bashing of my life. To avoid a repeat performance, I would simply have to wake up earlier than usual.”

However, indomitable Lagosians seemed to quickly adjust to the situation by relying on both the Traffic Radio (96.1 FM) and the social media to get minute-by-minute update on the traffic situation on the best routes to takes.

According to Austyn Azoganokhai, the traffic was exhausting. On his tweeter update, he lamented that there was mad traffic approaching Sabo from Adekunle up to Agnes Junction.

However going by updates on the traffic situation, the Third Mainland Bridge was free at 5 pm as the diversion did not affect traffic flow from the island. The spillover from Ikorodu Road affected areas like Fadeyi, Ojota, Maryland and Town Planning Way, all the way down to Stadium bus stop. The traffic also extended to the Mushin area of the state as motorists rode bumper-to-bumper.

The Apapa/Oshodi Expresway as an alternative route also proved a trying task for road users as the buildup of traffic was tortuous. Failed portions of the road only helped to compound motorists problems.

Capitalising on the situation, commercial drivers and cab operators hiked their charges because fewer buses were available on the roads. Complaining bitterly, a trader on the Island, Udoka Onu, said the closure caused a sharp increase in transport fares, moaning that it will affect business. According to her, the sharp increase in prices will spill over to the cost of goods as they would not want to sell at a loss.

Alternative means of transportation like the ferry services, which were hitherto ignored, was explored by a lot of commuters. Commuters, who could not stand the traffic situation on the roads, simply moved to the jetties and took the ferries from CMS to either Apapa or Ikorodu and vice versa.

Some commuters urged the state government to liaise with ferry operators on how to increase the number of ferries plying the waterways, especially during this period when the major bridge leading to the island has been partially blocked.

The state police command, meanwhile, promised to intensify patrols to safeguard lives and properties. According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, motorists would be protected by the men of the force, adding that regular police patrols and plain-cloth policemen had been deployed all around the state.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/repair-of-third-mainland-bridge-causes-pain-for-lagos-motorists/119716/

[size=14pt]THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE: Traffic gridlock paralyses business activities in Lagos •Commuters besiege rail, ferry stations[/size]

Written by Chukwuma Okparaocha, Lagos, with Agency Report

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

LAGOS residents, particularly users of the Third Mainland Bridge, on Monday suffered a lot of hardships as a result of the traffic gridlock that rocked the state, due to the ongoing rehabilitation of the bridge.


When Nigerian Tribune visited some of the sections leading to the bridge in the early hours of Monday, scores of people who were heading to their various offices, schools and business places were  stranded at  bus stops, while motorists were locked in massive gridlock that stretched over kilometres.

Even some places not directly linked to the bridge were not spared  this ordeal as evident in the way hundreds of people heading to CMS were stranded for many hours at the Lag Bus bus stop at Oshodi, under bridge area of the state.

At the Iyana Oworo end of the bridge, some of the stranded commuters, many of who, it was gathered, had been waiting for hours at the bus stop, were seen scrambling for the few available buses, while the number of people who had to stand in commercial vehicles, including BRT and Lag Buses, rose significantly.

Those who could not get any commercial bus had to resort to begging for free rides from private car owners.

Another fallout of the development was an unprecedented way at which the very few available commercial bus drivers shot their fares up, with a view to cashing in on the situation.

For instance, fares from Iyana Oworo to Obalende rose by about 100 per cent from N100 to N200, while that of Iyana Oworo to Eko-Idumota rose to N250. Commercial motorcycles riders were not also left out, as many of them were seen lifting passengers at exhorbitant prices.

Economic activities, especially on the Inland, were also affected, as many operators living on the Mainland, but who usually sell their wares or provide services on the Island were left bemused at various bus stops leading to the Island, even at a time when they ought to have been at their various duty/business posts.

However, apparently in a bid to manage the traffic and also help maintain law and order, some police officers, as well as workers of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA), who came with some towing vehicles, were observed to have been stationed at the Iyana-Oworo end of the bridge.

Apart from Iyana Oworo, there was also another gridlock from Charly Boy Bus Stop to Anthony and same could also be said about Ikorodu Road, where traffic jam was also experienced for several hours.

Meanwhile, a statement credited to the state Commissioner for Transport, Mr Kayode Opeifa, said “vehicles from the Lagos end of the bridge (from Obalende, Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Lekki) will be diverted from the Third Mainland Bridge at Adeniji Adele Interchange, towards Carter Bridge, to link Iddo interchange.

“Between 12 noon and 12 midnight, vehicles approaching from Oworonshoki and Ikeja/Toll gate/Ikorodu Road end of the bridge will be diverted at Oworonshoki Interchange to Ikorodu Road (via Anthony interchange) to Funsho Williams Avenue to Eko Bridge and on.”

Following the gridlock created by the repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge, commuters in Lagos, on Monday, besieged train and ferry stations.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that diversion of traffic on the bridge began on Sunday, following the kick off of the repair works by the Minister of State for Works, Mr Bashir Yuguda.

NAN visited the ferry and railway terminals in the state on Monday and reported that the diversion of road traffic had further put pressure on the two other means of transportation.

The Ijoko and Agbado terminals of the Mass Transit Train Service (MTTS) of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) were filled to capacity as early as 5.00 a.m for the 5.30 a.m train.

The already congested coaches were under pressure on Monday, as many passengers sat on the roofs, while others hung on the entrance and sides of the coaches.

Some commuters, who spoke to NAN, urged the management of the NRC to provide more locomotives and coaches, especially during the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge.

Water transportation also recorded a surge in passengers, following the partial closure of the bridge.

NAN reported that car parks provided by the waterways transport operators at Majidun, Ebute, Ijede and Baiyeku in Ikorodu area were jam-packed, as their owners took to ferry service.

An official of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr Edunola Adeola, assured commuters that the waterway was a safe and fast means of transportation, adding that safety measures had been put in place.

NAN reported that transport fares from Ikorodu to CMS or Victoria Island by speedboat is N600, while the ferry service costs N400.
The closure caused traffic gridlock in most parts of the city, resulting in the loss of many man-hours.

NAN reported that many workers and traders, who left their homes early to beat the anticipated road congestion, were still trapped in the gridlock.

Many workers and traders did not get to their places of work as late as 11.45 a.m.

The Balogun and Idumota markets on the Lagos Island were bereft of their early morning sales, as many of the traders were still in the traffic.

Some of the offices in Lagos Island, especially banks, were also affected.

Few workers and customers were seen in banking halls in the early hours of the morning.

Some traders, who shuttle daily from the Lagos Mainland to transact businesses on the Lagos Island, said they left their houses at 4.00 a.m to beat the traffic.

Others said they used the ferry services from Ikorodu to make it to Lagos Island early.

Some traders at the Balogun and Idumota markets, however, said it was too early to count losses.

Mrs Taibat Adegbite, a trader, said things were still normal, adding that “I think prices and fares are still normal.
Nothing has gone up except for the gridlock today coming to the market.”

“We cannot even say that business have been affected because it’s too early to ascertain, but everything has been good so far,” Adegbite said.

Mrs Funke Olajide, a sales representative, said that she used the ferry to get to the market on the Lagos Island.

“I stay in Ikorodu and I had to use ferry; none of our staff came late because we all took the ferry.

“Business is a little slow, but that’s how it is every morning. Business is still normal for now, wholesalers are still coming to make their orders,” Olajide said.

Mr Saheed Usman, a commercial bus driver, who operates from the mainland to Lagos Island, said the gridlock had not affected fares.

“The fare from here to Oworonsoki is still N150, but the traffic is slowing down our business because I should have gone three to four times but this is just my first trip at 10.25 a.m.

Mr Sunday Adesola, also a commercial bus driver, said also that the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge would affect his daily turnover.

Adesola said that the gridlock made transporters to spend more time on the roads, stressing that the bad condition of the Lagos roads had compounded the traffic situation.

He said that the alternative roads should have been rehabilitated before the partial closure of the bridge.

Mr Joseph Sunday, a commercial driver, said that his trip from Ikeja to CMS was extended by two hours because of the gridlock.

NANreports that in spite of the agony of commuters across Lagos, prices of food items and transport fares remained relatively stable.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/43905-third-mainland-bridge-traffic-gridlock-paralyses-business-activities-in-lagos-commuters-besiege-rail-ferry-stations

[size=14pt]Public-Private Partnerships Needed for African Infrastructure[/size]

By Phillip Kurata | Staff Writer | 18 June 2012

Washington — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has recommended partnerships between governments and private companies to build large-scale transportation projects in Africa.

“Governments can only do so much. We also need strong commercial partners to collaborate with us on major projects,” LaHood said at the U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, known as the AGOA Forum, in Washington June 14.

He cited two success stories that he said can serve as models for African countries.

In South Africa, the government worked with private companies to build the first high-speed rail service, the Gautrain, which connects Pretoria, the capital, with Johannesburg, the economic center of the country. The final section of the train service spanning the 80 kilometers between the two cities opened June 7. The Gautrain is expected to carry 100,000 passengers a day.

LaHood also mentioned the rapid bus system in Lagos, Nigeria, which he said is the first bus system in sub-Saharan Africa that allows passengers to avoid traffic congestion. The secretary said the Nigerian government financed the infrastructure costs, such as road construction, while the private sector financed the buses, bus depots and maintenance facilities. The project created 2,000 direct jobs and moved more than 170 million people in its first three years of operation.

“Successes such as these set an example of how you build a 21st-century transportation network at home,” LaHood said.

He said the United States has the same goals as African countries: “grow our economies and expand trade.”

Assistant Transportation Secretary Susan Kurland said a number of U.S. federal agencies work in African countries to help them improve their transportation systems: the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Maritime Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. These agencies work not only with individual governments but also with regional groups; transportation safety is the main concern.

“When we provide technical assistance and grants, one of our main aims is to help other countries improve compliance with international standards for safety and security,” she said.

For investments in transportation infrastructure to pay off, the governments involved must be committed to maintaining the infrastructure after it is completed. “One of the most important lessons learned is that commitment from the highest levels of government is critical for achieving success,” Kurland said.

The director-general of the ministry of tourism, industry and energy in Cape Verde, Antonio Baptista, said his country’s participation in the Safe Skies for Africa program has had a big, positive impact on Cape Verde’s trade and tourism. He said after Cape Verde met safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization, people felt safe to travel there, bringing in more tourists and business travelers.

Leocadia Zak, director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, described her agency’s work in conducting feasibility studies and introducing governments to private-sector companies to build integrated transportation systems involving road, rail, sea and air links.

Rwanda’s minister of trade and industry, François Kanimba, said Africa is the most fragmented continent in the world, with many landlocked countries burdened with huge expenses in getting their products to overseas markets. He said in Rwanda, for example, it costs about $3,000 to transport one shipping container to the port of Mombasa, Kenya, on the Indian Ocean. The cost for Rwanda is significantly higher than for countries with coastlines, Kanimba said. He called for an international initiative to help Africa build its transportation infrastructure, similar to the effort made to rebuild Europe after World War II.


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http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2012/06/201206187639.html#axzz20BnySNVK

Source: US State Department http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2012/06/201206187639.html#axzz20BnySNVK

Glo down, IPNX fluctuating, thank God for MTN

The ultimate solution is multi-modal transport system (including rail and water transport).

51st Independence Day Celebration @ The Aso Rock Villa.

Nigeria: Traffic Gridlock in Lagos As Repairs of Third Mainland Bridge Begins

By Geroge Okojie, 9 July 2012

Following the partial closure of the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge to give room for its anticipated repair, traffic congestion yesterday piled up on Ikorodu road , one of the routes billed to act as alternative route to the Lagos Island.

LEADERSHIP checks revealed that there was traffic snarl up on Ikorodu Road-Western Avenue-Lagos Island route the Ikorodu Road-Yaba- Oyingbo-Iddo-Lagos Island alternative routes fuelling the fear that today's traffic may be worse as more people hits the roads to the Island.

Motorists who spoke with our correspondent at separate interviews expressed concern over the traffic gridlock that would affect the routes when work begins today.

Mr. Chuka, a motorist said, "By tomorrow (today), only God knows how we are going to cope because it will be worse. This heavy traffic started all the way from Yaba, and on a Sunday we are still here. Government must be fully prepared to handle the situation or else it will be chaotic."

LEADERSHIP also observed that commuters who took the Bus Rapid Transit buses had a smooth ride to the Island, as the buses have dedicated routes plied only by the buses.

As a mark for full preparation for repair work, the contractors have moved their materials and equipment to site for full commencement of work .

Our correspondent observed that the bridge was yesterday closed partially from the Ebute-Metta interchange to Adeniji Adele, for the first phase repairs of the expansion joints, while the second phase which is on the Oworosoki bound will commence after the other part has been fixed.

Allaying the fears of motorists and commuters, the State Commissioner for Transportation, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, assured Lagosians of free vehicular movement, adding that the officials of the State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) had strategized traffic control measures that would ease vehicular movement on the bridge and alternative routes.

Opeifa maintained that the pains which Lagosians would experience during this period will be very minimal compared to that of 2008 when the same Bridge underwent repairs ,adding that many alternative routes to the Bridge that were not in good shape some years back had been constructed, with several others rehabilitated with the help of the State Public Works Corporation.

"This is not new. We have done it before in 2008, but now it will be better because the options are better with the construction of the other routes. The options are better as long as we drive safely and drive according to instructions," he added.

He urged motorists plying this route to always stay tuned to the Traffic Radio for timely update of traffic reports on and around the Third Mainland Bridge, emphasizing that the transportation that LASTMA officials and Police officers would be stationed at every point of diversion and interchange for adequate traffic control.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207090214.html

Wow! What's going on? How many times?

I hate it when my favourite nairalanders (eg MrCrackles, Bawomolo, Calloti) leave. (Becomerich, Mr Cork and FStranger, please don't go).

Please share your experience, how was your journey to work this morning; smooth or problematic.

Repairs on Third Mainland Bridge begin today

By Our Reporter ⁠07/07/2012 01:00:00

•Traffic diversion takes effect tomorrow

Traffic diversion on the Third Mainland Bridge will start on Sunday as the repairs of eight weak expansions joints along the longest bridge in Africa starts today.

At an interactive session involving all interested parties held in Lagos yesterday to mark the official commencement of the repairs, the Minister of State for Works, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda said  "there will not be total closure of the bridge, but there will be restricted access during specific hours." 

According to the communiqué issued at the end of the interactive session, the condition survey and investigation conducted in 2007 by the Federal Ministry of Works revealed that "12 expansion joints were in need of repairs with four in very critical condition. The joints exhibited advanced decay of the sheer connectors linking adjacent decks and required urgent attention."

The repair works, awarded to Borini Prono & Co (Nigeria) Ltd  on December 14, 2011 at a sum of N1.055bn,  will take four months, that is, from today to November 6. 

Borini Prono did the repair of the four critically weak joints in 2008.

The minister said the incessant rain witnessed in Lagos in the last two weeks forced the suspension of the repairs which ought to have started on July 2.

The Managing Director of Borini Prono, Gianfranco Albertazz, during a technical presentation on the methods and stages of repairs, promised to finish on the deadline. 

The company completed the earlier repairs as scheduled from August 2 to October 2, 2008 and it believes the earlier experience will prove useful towards a timely and successful completion of the current repairs.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Transport, Kayode Opeifa, assured Lagos residents of a well-managed traffic, while the repairs last and advised them to always listen to the state-owned Traffic FM on 96.1 for periodical information on traffic management plan. 

The Third Mainland Bridge is the most important bridge in Lagos, Nigeria's economic centre, with an average of 180 vehicles accessing it every minute, according to a Federal Ministry of Works data. Therefore, residents are apprehensive of a possible traffic standstill that a closure of the bridge will cause.

Mr.Opeifa said: "In 2008, we had it difficult because many roads, including some of the alternative routes, were under construction, but those roads are good now. Oshodi is now passable. Muritala Muhammed Way was completed with a functional BRT lane. Therefore, we expect a lighter challenge now."

He further said: “Minor repairs are ongoing on many of the alternative routes, some busy bus stops that may cause traffic build-up are being reviewed,and 700 traffic officers are on standby to ensure hitch free management of the needed traffic diversion”.

Mr.Opeifa said there will be three diversion points along the bridge at UNILAG waterfront, Oworonshoki and Adeniji Adele Interchange. 

The repairs will be carried out in two phases to allow for limited access to the bridge. Motorists going towards Lagos Island will have unrestricted access to the bridge between 12midnight and 12noon because it is expected that more traffic will flow towards the Island during that period, while those moving towards the mainland will be diverted to Iddo and Ijora. 

Between 12noon and 12 midnight, motorists moving towards the mainland will have unrestricted access to the bridge, while those moving towards the Island will be diverted to the Ikorodu Road and Muritala Muhammed Way

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/52975-repairs-on-third-mainland-bridge-begin-today.html