Third Mainland Bridge To Be Reopened February – Fashola

Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, has stated that the Third Mainland Bridge would be reopened by 15th of February.

He said this during the inspection of construction work on major roads and bridges in Lagos State on Thursday.

He also explained that after the reopening of the Third Mainland bridge, work would begin on the Falomo Bridge.

Third Mainland Bridge was partially shut on the 24th of July, 2020 for another round of rehabilitation works expected to last for six months.

The Federal Government had initially announced that the construction would be divided into two phases of three months on each carriageway, starting with the Oworonshoki bound carriageway.

The minister further stated that the ENDSARS protest caused the delay of the completion date.

According to Fashola; ‘‘On the Third Mainland Bridge, most of our work is almost done, 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.

”That is one of the reasons why I also came to see how far and when this bridge will be opened to the public because this is delaying our work on Falomo Bridge.

”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.

”So. the Eko Bridge that was closed is opened now, this one [Third Mainland Bridge] is going to be opened by February 15”.