Otedola Bridge fire: FG moves to introduce weighbridges on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Federal Government is considering reintroducing weighbridges connected the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to forestall overloading by trucks and different articulated vehicles and trim roadworthy accidents.

The Federal Controller of Works successful Lagos, Olufemi Dare, disclosed this connected Tuesday during a associated property briefing with the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, astatine Otedola Bridge successful Lagos.

The briefing followed a tanker occurrence astatine the span connected Monday, which raised caller concerns astir information on the engaged expressway.

Dare said a connection would beryllium submitted to the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, wrong a week to see incorporating weighbridges into the planned upgrade of the expressway utilizing continuously reinforced factual pavement.

He explained that the facilities would assistance authorities show the value of trucks and different heavy-duty vehicles, fortify roadworthy information enforcement and guarantee that vehicles’ braking systems were decently checked.

“Within the adjacent week, we volition contiguous a connection to the curate to spot however weighbridges tin beryllium incorporated into the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,” helium said.

On the tanker fire, Dare said preliminary accounts indicated that a afloat loaded tanker rolled backwards and fell beneath the span aft colliding with different vehicle.

He added that the Federal Ministry of Works would transportation retired a broad structural appraisal to find the information of the span pursuing the...