Third Mainland Bridge. PHOTO: PageOne.ng
Nigeria government has postponed the three-day closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for Investigative Maintenance Test.
The government had earlier announced that the bridge would be closed on July 27, 2017.
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, Tuesday, announced that the shutdown will now last from August 24 to August 26.
Hakeem Bello, spokesman to the minister said the shift in the date was after due consultations with the Lagos State Government and wide deliberations with other relevant stakeholders adding that the date shift was done “in order to give succour and relief to the people of Lagos State and other inter-state road users and support the efforts of the state government.”
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