Third Mainland Bridge: 3.4 Million People Used Ferries In Two Months

About 3,350,000 passengers were ferried through waterways in Lagos State between May and July, 2012, statistics from the Lagos State Waterways Authority have shown.
The Managing Director, LASWA, Mr. Yinka Marinho, who spoke to our correspondent, said there was a “tremendous” increase in the number of passengers who used the alternative system.

He said, “In May, about 1,238,000 passengers were recorded; in June we had over 1,305,000 and in the first half of July, 807,604 have been ferried. We hope that by the end of the month, the figure would have been doubled. This means there will be an increase of between 300,000 to 400,000 passengers.”

Marinho said ferries moved an increasing number of passengers from Ojo, Oworonshoki and Ikorodu-ends of the Lagos Mainland to the island, where most of them work, and took them back to the mainland daily.

Repair works had begun on eight expansion joints of the bridge in July, which forced road users to ply alternative routes.

Culled from PUNCH

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