Third Mainland repair: LAGFERRY increases daily operation
The Lagos Ferry Services (LAGFERRY) says it will increase daily operations on most of the routes and add two new ones to help commuters during the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of LAGFERRY, Mr Abdoulbaq Balogun, disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr Odusina Akeem, the Public Affairs Officer of the firm recently. Balogun said that the steps were part of the efforts to cushion the effect of proposed partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge on the commuting public. Newsmen report the partial closure of the bridge by the Federal Ministry of Works, expected to last six months from July 24, is to fix worn out expansion joints. According to Balogun, the state government has concluded arrangements to commence operations on two new routes with the ferries. He said that one of the two new routes was from the Ilaje-Bariga Terminal situated at the beginning of the Third Mainland Bridge, ferrying commuters fro...