Motorists have been warned that there will be a diversion of traffic on Kara bridge of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway between Saturday, June 27, 2020 and Sunday, June 28, 2020 on the Ibadan bound carriageway.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, made this known on Friday in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mr. Bisi Kazeem.
The diversion, FRSC said, was as a result of the recent fire incidence that involved multiple articulated vehicles on the bridge.
The diversion, it was explained, would enable the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to carry out an integrity test on the bridge as part of safety engineering measures to ascertain the extent of the damage on the road and effect the requisite repairs.
The test operation, FRSC said, would necessitate the narrowing of the Ibadan bound carriageway to two lanes.
As a result of the operation, motorists were urged 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.
However, FRSC also stated that alternative routes could be explored so as to ease off the burden on the motorable portion on the bridge as he motorists were advised to 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 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 roundabout inward Sabo roundabout should 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.
