Lagos residents will heave a sigh of relief on Thursday, next week, when the federal government reopens all lanes and exit points of the Third Mainland Bridge.
Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, while inspecting the bridge, accompanied by the Senate Committee on works, gave a seven-day deadline for the reopening, stating that close circuit television would be installed at strategic points to monitor the activities of illegal sand mining under the bridge.
Umahi said, “When the lane marking is over, we will open the bridge but formally it will be commissioned by Mr. President when he is going to flag off the coastal road. So we will combine it.
“The most important thing is the lane marking. The moment the lane marking is done we open the road unofficially. In seven days Nigerians will be able to ply this road.
