Road reconstruction: Lagos closes Mile 2 – Lagos Badagry Expressway

Road reconstruction: Lagos closes Mile 2
– Lagos Badagry Expressway
on october 20, 2013 at 4:30 am in news
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
The Badagry bound carriageway on the Lagos-
Badagry Expressway, LBE, will be closed to traffic
between 7am and 12 noon today, to allow for
construction of pedestrian bridge for the blue line
rail project along the axis.
Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation,
Comrade Kayode Opeifa, who disclosed this, said
the move was part of concerted efforts to deliver
the first phase of the Blue Line Rail Project, as part
of the 10-lane, expansion road project of Lagos-
Badagry Expressway.
According to Opeifa, the contractor, Messrs China
Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC,
would be installing pre-cast beams for the
pedestrian bridge to take commuters into the rail
station at Mile 2 and across the road.
He explained: “The Badagry bound carriageway on
the Lagos Badagry Expressway, will be closed to
traffic between 7am and 12 noon on Sunday 20th
October, 2013 to enable the contractor install the
beams.
File: Gov Babatunde Fashola (middle) listening to the
Managing Director, CCECC, Mr. Shihong Bing (right)
during the track work commencement ceremony of
another Lagos Rail Mass Transit in Orile, Lagos
”This notice serves as awareness information on
the beam launch. We therefore advise motorists
and other road users to use alternative routes to
avoid traffic delays.
”We appeal for caution and cooperation from all
road users to obey all traffic regulations and ensure
traffic flow during the period of closure.
”We are working with relevant Lagos State agencies
to ensure free flow of traffic.
”The Lagos State Government sincerely regrets any
inconveniences.”
Meanwhile, motorists were advised to take
alternative routes available, either through Festac
Town or Kirikiri Road.