Travel Advisory: Keep Bad Vehicles Off Kara (Lagos) Bridge, Diversion Begins Tuesday

Vehicles not in good working condition should stay away from Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, the Federal Ministry of Works appealed on Sunday.

The appeal came ahead of the planned commencement of work and diversion of traffic from the bridge on Tuesday.

Mr Kayode Ibrahim, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing engineer supervising the project, told NAN on telephone in Lagos on Sunday that the decision was reached after a meeting of  the relevant stakeholders.

“We might need to effect the diversion  on Tuesday morning so as to avoid the Monday morning rush. There is usually heavy traffic on Monday morning, so we feel it is better to make it Tuesday morning.

“We have been working together and we are on ground to minimise gridlock. It is nothing special, it is just a normal diversion.

“All the agencies are on ground, all hands are on deck, we have tow trucks, emergency response units. Julius Berger has a 24-hour emergency response unit that responds to all emergencies alongside other agencies.

“FRSC and Julius Berger have their tow trucks deployed, sometimes when we need NEMA and Fire Service we call them and they quickly respond to our calls,’’ he said.

“Vehicles that are not road worthy should please stay away. People should use good vehicles to avert breakdowns on diversion areas,’’ Ibrahim told NAN.

The senior engineer explained that most crashes on the highway were usually at night and the emergency response units had always cleared all impediments before daybreak.

He said that the contractor would be seizing opportunity of the dry season to speed up construction on various sections of the highway.

Ibrahim added that the same kind of diversion around Mowe, Car Park C and Magboro areas were going to be replicated at  the ‘Kara’ bridge  end with adequate traffic management architecture to avert gridlock.

“If you go to ‘Kara’ bridge  now,  the crash barriers are already lined for the diversion. As soon as we are set, we will just shift the traffic to all the places the barriers had been set.

“We can divert at this moment if we want to because everything is set but we are diverting on Tuesday.

“The whole essence of the diversion at the  various sections is to expedite the completion of the project. Now that  we are in the dry season,  when we can do earth works, we can move faster than during the raining season.”

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