The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, confirmed in a statement made on Sunday that repairs would also be carried out on the Marine Bridge, causing the road to be temporarily blocked.

According to Oladeinde, the closure will last from Monday, January 17 to Saturday, April 2, 2022.

However, the commissioner explained that the bridge’s temporary closure will be in two phases: Apapa Outbound will be repaired between January 17 and March 19, 2022, and Apapa Inbound will be repaired between March 10 and April 2, 2022.

He appealed to motorists to be cautious during the repair works as the project is aimed at providing quality and safe road infrastructure for all citizens.

In the report, Oladeinde noted that Traffic outbound Apapa will be diverted to give way for contraflow of traffic between RRS point and Total Bridge, while motorists using lighter vehicles will be diverted to Marine Beach by Mobil Filling Station to connect Ijora Bridge or make use of the Service Lane by Leventis to connect Naval Dockyard to link Total Under Bridge and continue their journeys.

He said for the inbound Apapa motorists during the second phase of the rehabilitation works, traffic will be diverted to allow contraflow of traffic between Total Bridge and RRS Point.

Motorists in lighter vehicles will be able to descend Total Under Bridge and utilize Fire Service Road to connect to Marine Beach via Mobil Filling Station, while those traveling towards Apapa will take a diversion and link to Area B via NAGAFF via Mobil Filling Station Service Lane.

He assured that palliative repair works on all of the aforementioned alternate roads had been carried out to alleviate the effects of the traffic situation, as well as the deployment of Lagos State Traffic Management personnel to supervise the diversion plan.