The Federal Government has made known on Friday the partial shutting down of the Ijora ramp of Eko Bridge to enable rehabilitation of the road expansion. This was revealed by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, noting that the Ijora bridge must be shut in order to replace the expansion where traffic merged. He also stated that the construction project would be delivered ahead of the scheduled date which is on the 3rd of August 2021.
“What we are doing is still the same 10 weeks program of rehabilitation of Eko Bridge.
“Vehicles that are coming from Ijora end and the ones coming from Apongbon, the two bridges merge at a point.
“At that point where they merge, all the vehicles will now use one lane, so, that is the lane where we want to now change the expansion joint.
“We were working on Apongbon, Iponri, Alaka-bound lane. Now, we want to work on the same lane which is between Costain and Alaka.
“Where we are now is Iponri, but all the vehicles that are coming from Ijora, they meet at a point with the vehicles coming from Apongbon, so, the expansion joint is what we want to now replace.
“As a result of that, the two bridges will now be affected,” he said.