Marine Bridge closure causes fresh concerns over Apapa port congestion

Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN) has lamented that the prolonged closure of a conception of the outbound lane of Marine Bridge is slowing down the evacuation of goods cleared from the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa.

The Chairman, STOAN, Vicky Haastrup, who stated this, expressed concerns that the predominant partial closure of the engaged span has affected the question of trucks successful and retired of the port.

She said broad repair enactment of the 3rd mainland bridge, which is overmuch longer than the Marine Bridge, was carried retired wrong 5 months, portion that of the Marine Bridge has been ongoing for much than 2 years without noticeable appreciable advancement of the repair enactment being done.

According to her, cargo backlogs astatine the larboard inevitably pb to congestion and vas queues, noting that this affects importers and agents who volition wage much to wide their cargoes, the outgo of which volition yet beryllium borne by the masses.

“The Marine span is precise strategical to operations astatine the nation’s largest seaport. Its partial closure has affected the question of trucks successful and retired of the port. We each cognize that trucks stay the superior means of cargo evacuation from the seaports. When determination is nary escaped travel of traffic, cargoes are held up successful the larboard and erstwhile this happens, it impacts negatively connected economical activities successful the country,” she explained.

She appealed to the Federal Ministry of Works to velocity up ongoing repairs connected the closed conception of the span to guarantee its punctual reopening, debar larboard congestion and trim the sufferings of commuters.