As majority of motorists get use to the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for the next six months, they have been advised to also use alternative roads to link Lagos Island from the Mainland.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Olukayode Popoola who gave the advice in Alausa Ikeja while outlining the nature of the repair works on the Bridge said the Lagos State Government had repaired all the roads marked as alternatives to link the Island.
These include Yaba -Oyingbo-Iddo-Carter Bridge, Abeokuta street, Ebute Metta, Ikorodu road-Eric Moore-Abebe Village road-Eko Bridge, Ikorodu Road-Costain-Eko Bridge, Herbert Macaulay to Jibowu, Empire, Olorunnimbe.
He said those leaving the Island from Ikoyi, Lekki and Ajah to the Mainland can exit from Osborne to Adeniji Adele, the point of the partial closure from where they can use Carter Bridge to Eko Bridge or go through Iddo straight to Herbert Macaulay Or they can drive through Ozumba Mbadiwe to Eko Bridge to continue their journey.
According to the Federal Controller of Works, during the peak period in the morning, all Island-bound vehicles from the Mainland will have unhindered movement and Coming back in the evening, they will also have access up to the Adeniji end of the outward Island and have a twist into the incoming lane from the Mainland and another twist back to Oworonshoki-bound at Adekunle end.
Mr Popoola clarified that going back to the Mainland in the evening, there would be two twists, one at Adeniji end, where motorists will have to turn to the Island-bound lane, and at Adekunle end, where motorists would now be directed to return to Oworonshoki-bound lane to proceed onward Oworonshoki.
Insightnaijatv
