CCTV, solar lights being installed on Third Mainland Bridge – FG

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) and solar lights is ongoing as part of security measures on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.

David Umahi, the Minister of Works, made this known in an interview with Channels TV’s Sunday Politics over the weekend.

It would be recalled that the bridge was closed and has been under repairs for weeks, causing gridlock to motorists and other road users.

The minister, however, said that the Third Mainland Bridge is billed to reopen in the coming days.

He said the repair work on the bridge and the installation of CCTV were targeted at combating crime and illegal mining around the bridge.

Umahi said, “When you talk about the total rehabilitation of the bridge, you talk about the deck.

“Mr. President has released the money, and I can say that 99% of the project is done. But what is to be done is additional work: we are putting up solar lights and replacing the generator lights with solar lights.

“We are putting up CCTV both on top of the bridge and under the bridge because the President told me that part of the problem we are having is people who are illegally mining the sand.

“And I agree with him. I have seen it. They even go as far as destroying the concrete to anchor their small boats.”