The Federal Government on Sunday opened the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to traffic, after completing repair works on a 600-metre stretch, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Kara Bridge of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, which was partially closed in September for repairs, is now open.
This was done to ease the gridlock on the expressway, which has been gruelling for motorists in the past three months.
The ministry of works had executed the partial closure to allow the construction firm Julius Berger repair approximately 600 metres of the road.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) personnel closed the Kara end of the bridge, using patrol vehicles to lead vehicles into the newly-constructed lane.
The FRSC in a slow motorcade, took off from the Kara end of the bridge at exactly 10:30 a.m., leading the vehicles on the Lagos-bound carriageway to merge onto the Lagos traffic at the Isheri intersection on the highway.
An FRSC Assistant Corps Commander expressed satisfaction at the road repair and thanked the Federal Government and its agencies that effected the repair.
When a NAN correspondent visited the site, traffic regulatory agencies, law enforcement agencies and officials of Federal Ministry of Works, Power and Housing were supervising removal of barricades by construction workers.
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) personnel closed the Kara end of the bridge, using patrol vehicles to lead vehicles into the newly-constructed lane.
The FRSC in a slow motorcade took off from the Kara end of the bridge at exactly 10:30 a.m. leading the vehicles on the Lagos-bound carriageway to merge onto the Lagos traffic at the Isheri intersection on the highway.
An FRSC Assistant Corps Commander, Taofik Iyanda, expressed satisfaction at the road repair and thanked the federal government and its agencies that carried out the repair.
Mr Iyanda appealed to road users to exercise caution while driving on the highway.
“Motorists should not see the road as a racecourse. They should exercise patience on the little segment that has been completed and opened for use.
“They should not exceed the specified speed limit.
“The road is still under construction and a lot of things will have to be put in place, so they have to be very careful and exercise patience anytime they are plying the road,’’ he advised.
He told journalists that the collaboration of traffic management agencies and law enforcement agencies helped to minimise road accidents and deaths during the repair period.
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