The Federal Road Safety Corps has warned motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that the Kara Bridge will undergo an integrity test and will not be in use between Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28, 2020.
The test – executed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing as part of safety engineering measures to ascertain the extent of the damage on the road and effect the requisite repairs – comes on the heels of the recent fire incidence which involved multiple articulated vehicles on the bridge.
In a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer Bisi Kazeem on Friday, the test which will necessitate the narrowing of the Ibadan-bound carriageway to 2 lanes only will be carried out between Saturday 27th June, 2020 and Sunday 28th June, 2020 on the Ibadan bound carriageway and, as such, there will be an imminent diversion of traffic on the bridge to allow for smooth conduct of the test.
Consequently, the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, advised the “motoring public to exercise caution at the diversion points, maintain common sense speed limit and be lane-disciplined while using the available portion of the road, as the test operation will not require the total closure of the bridge”, the statement said.
However, Kazeem also stated that alternative routes could be explored so as to ease the burden on the motorable portion on the bridge and called on motorists to take advantage of the available routes to decongest traffic around the bridge.
The alternative routes are; Ikorodu Road to Itokin – Ijebu-Ode to Iperu or Sagamu interchange. Also, those driving on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway will now go through Sango Ota – Itori inward Abeokuta to Sagamu interchange, while vehicles heading to Ibadan on Lekki – Ajah to Ibeju Lekki to Epe – Ijebu-Ode are to pass through Sagamu interchange. Those driving on Ikorodu Ring-road inward Sabo Ring-road to link Ikorodu- Sagamu Road.
Motorists are advised to call the FRSC toll free numbers 122 or the National Traffic Radio lines; 08052998090, 09067000015, 08052998012 for help and emergency response if necessary.
