The Apapa-bound carriageway of the Apapa Marine Beach Bridge will be closed on Friday for 29 days in its ongoing rehabilitation, the site Manager, Mr Simon Barakat, has said.
Barakat, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on site on Thursday, appealed to road users to be patient and use alternative routes.
“We will close the Apapa-bound carriageway on Friday evening, and it will remain closed up till May 8.
“We appeal to road users to slow down in this area and be more careful to use the diversions and respect traffic signs to check gridlock.
“Truck owners should avoid breakdowns within this period by maintaining their vehicles regularly,’’ he said.
Barakat, a Senior Engineer with Build well Plants and Equipment Industries Ltd., the contractors handling the project, told NAN that two major diversions had been created to avert gridlock.
The manager said that the repair done on the Ijora/Lagos-bound carriageway was being replicated on the Apapa-bound carriageway, adding that foundation works under the bridge had been completed.
“We are marking, cutting and doing the preparation to start post tensioning of the bridge; this gives strength to the bridge.
“We have to demolish the bridge to fix the cables and cast concrete on it again to prepare it for the next stage of construction which will be installation of bearings,’’ he said.
