The federal government has cleared the air over the cause of damages to the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
June 9, 2023 12:52 PMThe federal government has cleared the air on the visible damages to the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.There were reports that the bridge’s pile caps – theResponding to the issue, the
federal ministry of works in a statement on Friday, said the pile caps were not vandalised but were chiselled by contractors during repair works.The contractors, after removing the pile caps, were subsequently sacked by the government over “non-performance” before the completion of their jobs, leaving the caps exposed for months.
“There is no vandalisation of any part of the bridge’s sub-structure, the photograph circulating in the media refers to the prepared/chiselled section of the ongoing rehabilitation works on the bridge. Hence, the bridge is safe for public use,” the statement reads.Though the ministry has assured motorists of safety on the bridge, Remi Opakunle, a civil engineer, told TheCable that continuous exposure of the pile caps spells imminent risks to the bridge.Saltwater damages rebars.
“Which engineer in his or her mind would sack a contractor doing remedial works on a pile cap that the rebars had already been exposed and would not instruct protective measures on the already exposed rebars while contractual issues are being sorted?“Worst case, instruct that thick salt water-resistant epoxy resin be used to coat the exposed surface and do a 50mm slurry cover after the epoxy treatment, which the contractor that will continue the work can easily strike off when work resumes.
“If that had been done, which I doubt from the pictures, there would have been an epoxy greyish tinge on the rebars.”
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