Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State will commission the rail mass transit (LRMT) red line overpass bridge at Yaba on Thursday.
Gatekeepers News reports that head, corporate communication, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Kolawole Ojelabi disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
The bridge is bound to improve traffic flow within the Yaba-Ojuelegba axis into other parts of the state.
Ojelabi said, “The T-shaped bridge takes traffic from Murtala Muhammed Way into Ojuelegba Road and vice versa over the rail tracks.
“Traffic into Ojuelegba Road from Murtala Muhammed had been through a rail level crossing and this often led to huge delays for train operations apart from the high potential for accidents with vehicles and pedestrians.
“The Yaba Overpass Bridge is one of the four new bridges built by the Sanwo-Olu’s administration on the Red Line rail alignment to eliminate vehicular/pedestrian and train traffic interaction.”
He said the bridge will facilitate smooth movement for the red line which the governor had promised Lagosians would commence operations soon.
While speaking on the completion of the bridge, Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Abimbola Akinajo, said the overpass bridge will eliminate incessant accidents at level crossings.
Akinajo added that the bridge will also allow red-line trains to move freely, which will be frequent.
She said, “We have completed the four bridges that we designed for the Red Line. The Yaba Overpass Bridge is one. The others are at Ikeja, Mushin and Oyingbo.”
According to her, the ministry of transport has given assurance to start the four they are expected to construct very soon.
