The Lagos State Government has announced a traffic diversion on Marine Bridge to facilitate emergency maintenance work.
According to the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the maintenance is set to begin on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, and will continue until Tuesday, February 25, 2025, as reported by Business Day.
Motorists heading from Apapa towards Lagos Island are advised to navigate through Costain Roundabout to connect to Eko Bridge, which leads to Lagos Island.
Alternatively, drivers can use Marine Bridge to access Ijora 7up, then take the ramp to Ijora Causeway Access Road and proceed through Ijora Oloye to Eko Bridge.
For those traveling from Apapa towards Ijora Causeway or Iddo, they may pass through Costain Roundabout to Eko Bridge, then link to Ijora Causeway and access Iddo via the ramp through the U-turn.
Alternatively, motorists can use Marine Bridge to Ijora 7up, connect to Ijora Causeway Access Road through Ijora Oloye, and proceed to Iddo. During this period, motorists traveling from Costain Roundabout will have uninterrupted access to Apapa.
“Motorists are implored to be patient as the diversion is part of the traffic management plans for the rehabilitation works on the asphalt pavement of the road section by the Federal Ministry of Works (Office of the Federal Controller, Lagos),” Osiyemi said.