THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE MAY OPEN AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

The third mainland bridge may be opened earlier than announced, this was made known on Friday by the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen after he inspected work going on currently on the bridge's expansion joints. according to him ''the replacement of the eight expansion joints on the Third mainland bridge may be completed ahead of the November 7 deadline due to the level of work currently going on''
According to the Minister there has been a gain of approximately one week on the timetable of the repair works on the bridge. ''this means that if we suatain the momentum we will be able to deliver the project ahead of the scheduled delivery date of Novemeber 7, 2012. The contract for the replacement joints was awarded to Messrs Boroni Prono and Company ltd in 2011 at a cost of over N1billion.
The Minister added that as part of the Federal Government's investment in road infrastructure in the Nation's former capital, Lagos, the Federal executive council had approved the transaction advisory consultancy services for the expansion and modernization of the Muritala Muhammed International Airport approach road to give a befitting approach to visitors coming to the country for the first time.