By Ihechi Enyinnaya
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday said the Third Mainland Bridge will be fully reopened today after rehabilitation works.
This brings to final completion the rehabilitation and maintenance works which necessitated the partial closure of the Bridge since July 24, 2020.
A statement by Mrs Boade Akinola, Director Press and Public Relationthof the ministry said Fashola gave the directives after reviewing the report from the Director Bridges and Design on the update of the rehabilitation works and also thanked Lagosians for their patience and understanding while the rehabilitation work was going on.
Part of the statement read: “In view of this the Honourable Minister said, “there was no longer any need for us to close the bridge to traffic”.
“The Minister also thanked the Lagos State Government and their officials for their effective collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing engineers in ensuring the supervision and provision of traffic control support services to the contractors.
“The Honourable Minister on behalf of the Federal Government expressed his deep appreciation to all those who played one positive role or another including contractor Messrs Borini Prono; FERMA, LASTMA, FRSC , media and civil society organizations too numerous to mention individually.
“Tn particular, the Minister acknowledges and thanks all the commuters whose patience, understanding and cooperation were the biggest tools for the successful execution of the works and wishes all motorists who use the Bridge a safe motoring experience.