The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has said that the planned road closure at Yaba level crossing had been postponed.
The LASTMA’s spokesman, Mr Olumide Filade disclosed this in a Public Notice made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday night.
However, the authority in travel advisory had earlier on Wednesday announced the road closure at the railway level crossing in Yaba following the ongoing construction of Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line closed from 8:00p.m On Wednesday to 1:00a.m on Thursday.
LASTMA, however, in a contrary statement, said
that the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) just intimated
the state government that the planned work at the level crossing had been
postponed. “The construction company working on the Ibadan-Lagos standard gauge
line rail project has just notified the state government that the planned works
at the Yaba rail crossing has been put on hold for reasons beyond their control.
However, the company has therefore tendered an unreserved
apology for all inconvenience that the earlier announced closure must have
caused road users within the axis. “CCECC hereby affirms that the rail works
postponement was unavoidable and promise that adequate notice would be made
available in future in order for Lagos road users to plan their journey,”
