Roads & Construction
Fashola Inspects Completed Emergency Repairs On Obalende Bridge In Lagos (Photos)
Hon. Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN and some of the member of the works unit inspected the recently completed Emergency Repairs of the damage caused on May 1, 2020, by the explosion from a Petrol-laden truck to the Obalende Bridge in Lagos State.
Mr Fashola While inspecting the rehabilitated Obalende Bridge damaged by tanker fire, Fashola commended Buildwell Plants and Equipment Industries Ltd, contractors that handled repairs of for doing a good job.
The Director, Bridges and Designs, Mr Emmanuel Adeoye, said that a trailer had fallen and burst into flame on May 1, 2020, damaging the concrete and Piers of the Obalende bridge linking Dodan Barracks.
“Now we have worked on the bridge and have done jacketing of the piers and as you can see everything has been well done,’’ Adeoye said. Read more at:
The Obalende bridge was shut down after a tanker caught fire close the bridge which affects the structure of the bridge, this made the federal government shut it down for rehabilitation.
When Its under rehabitation as captured by autoreportng.com
