FG announces two-week repair of damaged Kara Bridge expansion joints

Repair work on the Kara Bridge section of Nigeria’s Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will begin on September 8 and is expected to last two weeks, the Federal Ministry of Works said.

The ministry’s Acting Controller in Ogun State, Richard Adeleye, said damaged expansion joints had exceeded their service life and created risks for motorists. The work will take place in phases. One half of the affected section will close first, while traffic moves slowly on the other half under strict control. After a week, crews will switch sides.

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There will be traffic control here from the 8th of this month, which will last for two weeks, precisely because of the curing that is expected before it is opened to traffic.

Traffic officials from the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority will be deployed during the repairs. Adeleye asked motorists to be patient, saying the damaged joint had contributed to accidents on the busy route.

He explained that expansion joints absorb the movement of bridge structures caused by temperature changes. Without them, the bridge could suffer serious damage, including buckling or cracking. The ministry expects the rehabilitation to finish within two weeks, “all things being equal.”

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It is better done now because it has been causing a lot of accidents. We have witnessed it, even the last time we came here. It happened right here in our presence.