The Federal Ministry of Works has said the Kara Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be shut for integrity tests due to a tanker accident that claimed lives on the road on Sunday.
In a letter addressed to the Lagos State Government and signed by the Deputy Director, Highways, Federal Ministry of Works, K.Y. Ibrahim solicited the support of the state for the success of the job.
The letter said the contractor handling that section of the expressway requested that the bridge be shut from Friday to Sunday in order to ascertain the bridge’s “serviceability state after the fire incident”.
Ibrahim wrote: “We now request the support of the Lagos State Government in terms of handling the expected high traffic volume that may be generated along the axis during the work and also to help evacuate the wreckage of the accident still on site”.
Source: The Witness
