Lagos: Kara Bridge repairs trigger gridlock, chaos

Motorists are stranded for respective hours arsenic two-week repair works connected the Kara Bridge person triggered dense gridlock connected the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

DAILY POST recalls that the Federal Government commenced the replacement of damaged enlargement joints connected the span on Tuesday after the task was earlier suspended to let for postulation absorption planning.

According to latest reports, the gridlock has stretched from the Kara Bridge successful Ogun State to the 7Up Junction successful Lagos State and beyond owed to the repairs.

On Tuesday, the gridlock had extended beyond the Secretariat Bus Stop arsenic motorists coming from Ikeja and Agege and heading towards the Otedola underpass were caught successful the congestion stretching beyond Otunba Jobi Fele Way.

However, by Wednesday morning, motorists were utilizing one-way postulation routes to get passengers to their destinations arsenic the congestion persisted.

Meanwhile, postulation and information officials were deployed to negociate the situation. However, the repair works astatine the introduction and exit points of the span further compounded the congestion astir Kara.

Speaking connected the development, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, ...