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Second Niger Bridge To Open December 15- FG
The federal government has disclosed that the Second Niger Bridge will open to traffic on December 15.
The federal controller of works in Delta, Jimoh Olawale made this known in an interview on Wednesday.
He, however, said that the bridge would be open for only 30 days.
According to him, Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, ordered the opening of the bridge, which is 95 percent complete, to ease traffic during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
“As we know, during the Christmas celebration, commuters suffer hardship accessing the old Niger Bridge due to traffic jams but with this arrangement, traffic congestion on Asaba-Benin Expressway will ease,” Olawale said.
“We have notified the state government of this arrangement and we are working with the Federal Roads Safety Corps to ensure a hitch-free vehicular movement.
“Motorists going towards Owerri direction would divert through the access road near the old Niger Bridge to the new bridge.”