The Federal Authorities has introduced that the Ijora-Marine Bridge in Lagos will likely be closed for 21 days, beginning on Could 18, for pressing repairs.

Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, mentioned in a press release on Tuesday that the closure will start at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, Could 18.

Some components of the bridge will likely be absolutely closed, whereas different areas can have partial closures throughout the restore interval.

The repairs will embrace lifting the bridge deck to exchange previous bearings and doing different essential upkeep to make the bridge safer and extra snug for drivers and pedestrians.

Mrs. Kesha mentioned she understood that this may trigger some inconvenience however confused that it’s essential to preserve the bridge in good situation and guarantee everybody’s security.

She added that site visitors diversions have been organized, and site visitors officers will likely be on-site to information drivers and preserve site visitors shifting easily.

She additionally requested residents, commuters, and companies within the space to plan forward and cooperate throughout the closure.

“Security indicators and site visitors administration instruments will likely be set as much as scale back disruption,” she mentioned, whereas apologizing for the inconvenience and thanking everybody for his or her endurance.