Lagos govt to divert visitors for repairs on Lagos-Badagry Expressway beginning Dec. 22 

The Lagos State Authorities will implement visitors diversions beginning December 22, 2024, as a part of repairs on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

These diversions will have an effect on main routes, together with Iganmu Bridge (Lagos-bound), Eric Moore Street, Babs Animashaun Street, and Baale Junction (Badagry-bound), in a bid to enhance street circumstances and ease congestion.

Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made the announcement in a press release launched on Friday, as reported by the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN).

The repairs will deal with the stretch from Alagba Junction to Baale Junction on the Badagry-bound service lane and are scheduled to happen from December 22, 2024, to January 22, 2025.

“The Lagos State Authorities has introduced plans to restore the stretch of Iganmu Bridge (Lagos sure), Eric Moore Street, Babs Animashaun Street, and Baale Junction (Badagry sure) on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway,” the assertion learn partially.

It added, “The restore work will probably be completed in phases, with section one – stretch from Alagba Junction to Baale Junction on service lane (Badagry sure) – commencing from Dec. 22, 2024, to finish on Jan. 22, 2025” 

The assertion offered different routes for motorists to reduce disruptions and guarantee smoother visitors circulate throughout the restore works.

Listed below are the choice routes:  

Motorists heading in direction of Orile Group from Iganmu Bridge on the service lane will probably be diverted to Alagba Road. From there, they’ll entry Imalenfe-Alafia Road, which ends up in Savage Lane and continues onto Baale Road.

• The diversion will then direct drivers to Kekere-Ekun Road/Tokosi Road, permitting them to rejoin the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and proceed their journey with minimal delays.
• Motorists touring from Iganmu Bridge to the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway can even face diversions. They are going to stay on the toll lane, exiting at Coker to attach with Akinwande Road, which ends up in the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.
• Equally, drivers heading in direction of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway will keep on the toll lane, which is able to information them to the Alaba Interchange Bridge to reconnect with the expressway.
• Motorists heading in direction of Badagry will probably be diverted however can proceed their journey utilizing the toll lane, minimizing inconvenience.

The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has assured the general public that visitors diversions for subsequent phases of the repairs will probably be introduced because the work progresses.

Motorists are urged to stay affected person and cling to the brand new visitors patterns throughout the ongoing building.