Lagos State Government says the Opebi-Mende-Ojota Link Bridge will be completed by June twenty-twenty-three.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Aramide Adeyoye said this at the commencement of bored piling for the Opebi-Ojota Link Bridge at Maryland, Lagos.
According to her, Bored piling can be literally called a form of building foundation that provides support for structures.
Adeyoye said with a total length of 3.9 kilometres, the project was designed to provide direct link between Opebi, Mende, Maryland and Ojota to Ikorodu road.
She said the bridge would reduce the perennial traffic on Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way, and traffic on other roads around the environment.
According to her, the project designed in conjunction with the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation would not only provide infrastructure solution, but also a transport solution that ensured value and relief for the motoring public.
She said the project was a vision to reality, and also brought about innovation, as part of the bridge would be for working and exercising for residents.
Adeyoye said the construction of the bridge would bring about learning opportunities for students and creating of jobs.
On his part, Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde said the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration was determined to provide infrastructure that would be complemented by decent Inter-modal transportation system, befitting of a mega city like Lagos.
Oladeinde described the project as huge, as it would connect communities to Ojota, and enable commuters to navigate from Ikeja to the Island, and at the same time, reducing travel time.
Governor Sanwo-Olu had in January announced the kick off of the construction of the bridge, which was concieved over twenty year ago.
He described the project as a legacy of his administration to ease the burden of commuters.