Third Mainland Bridge Is Safe – Works Ministry

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The Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, on Sunday said that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos was safe for use, contrary to a Facebook posting spreading fears about the bridge.

The Ministry
in a statement signed by Mr Hakeem Bello, Special Adviser,
Communications, to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, added that
the expansion joints being speculated to be dangerous was among those
slated for repairs.

“The General Public is hereby informed
that the expansion joint shown in a Facebook video clip, is one of those
slated for change during repairs on the Third Mainland Bridge which
will commence soon.

“It is still functioning and our engineers
and consultants have advised that it does not pose any structural danger
to the bridge and it is safe for use.

“Commuters and Lagos
residents will recall that the Third Mainland Bridge was shut down for a
3-day Investigative Maintenance in August 2018.

“Tests done on
the expansion joints then — called static and dynamic load tests — were
to check functionality. A number of expansion joints were identified for
replacement then.

“More recently, in March this year, underwater
confirmatory tests preceding the repair works to be done on the Bridge,
were carried out on the piles to determine if there is further
deterioration or not on the piles from that done in 2013.

“However,
all the tests done preparatory to closure of the Bridge to commence
comprehensive Maintenance works indicate that the integrity of the
Bridge is intact.

“Therefore, the Third Mainland Bridge is safe
for use, and people should desist from spreading or sharing false
information about the Bridge on Social Media platforms.

“The
expansion joints to be replaced are part of a regular bridge maintenance
programme that has been neglected for decades, which the President
Muhammadu Buhari administration is now addressing frontally, on many
bridges nationwide.

“Such maintenance works include
resurfacing of the Bridge, along with several others, which this
administration is also undertaking as the bridge users will attest to a
better driving surface,’’ it stated.

The Third Mainland Bridge is
the longest of three bridges connecting Lagos Island to the mainland;
the others are the Eko Bridge and the Carter Bridge.

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