By Seun Aderounmu
During the inspection of construction work on major roads and bridges on Thursday,Babatunde Fashola the Minister of Works and Housing has said that the Third Mainland Bridge would be reopened by February 15.
He explained that after the reopening of the Third Mainland Bridge, work would begin on the Falomo Bridge.
The Third Mainland Bridge was partially shut on July 24, 2020 for another round of rehabilitation works expected to last for six months but the EndSARS protest was the cause for the extension of the completion date.
Fashola said, “On the Third Mainland Bridge most of our work is almost done, we lost two weeks during the civil protest and our completion date earlier was towards the end of January, which has slipped.
The FG had earlier announced that the construction would be divided into two phases of three months on each carriageway, starting with the Oworonsoki bound carriage way.
“We are hoping that by 15th of February we should be done and the bridge should be opened to the public.
“That is one of the reasons why I also came to see how far and when this bridge will be opened to the public because this a cause delay to our work on Falomo Bridge so as to replace the expansion joints.
