The moment the lane marking is done, we will open the road unofficially<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nUmahi said that the official opening ceremony would be held later, combined with the launch of the coastal road project when President Bola Tinubu visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He acknowledged and praised the hard work of the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Korede Keisha, and her team for successfully completing the Third Mainland Bridge repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On his part, the Chairman of the House Committee on Works, Akin Alabi, appreciated the work done so far. He said that people had been commending the project based on what they had seen in the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alabi also acknowledged the vital role the bridge had played and how crucial it was to the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using the idiom: \u201cA square peg in a square hole,<\/em>\u201d Alabi noted that the Minister was perfectly suited for the job and had the necessary skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHe assured Umahi of continued support from the parliament for his efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bridge is a dual carriageway, with four lanes for vehicles on each side, making a total of eight lanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The entire bridge covers a stretch of 11.8km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi has said that the main construction work on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State is done.\u00a0 He added that the lane marking would be completed within seven days. The former Governor of Ebonyi State made the disclosure on the reopening during a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[384],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79875"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79877,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79875\/revisions\/79877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofnaija.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}