According to Fashola, shutting down the bridge was a difficult choice but saving lives was a better choice than the inconvenience the closure of the bridge would bring.
In his words: “It is a sobering experience that the Federal Government is now dealing with many years of neglect and abuse of the bridge by traders. There are many other bridges across the country that are begging for attention, maintenance and repairs.”
Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Dayo Mobereola, said that alternative access routes from Apapa would be cleared of all encumbrances.
He said that truck owners had agreed to move their
vehicles from the alternative access routes as Julius Berger begins the
palliative works.
Some of the stakeholders at the meeting were members
of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and
the representatives of the unions in the agencies in the maritime
sub-sector
Source: NTAnews
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