Lately, experts have expressing concerns over the indiscriminate parking of heavy-duty trucks on the Ijora-Apapa bridge, saying it risks collapse if nothing is done urgently by the government, Davidson Iriekpen writes
All over the world, bridges are built or constructed over roads, railroads or rivers to facilitate movement of people and vehicles from one side to the other. This was exactly why the Ijora-Apapa bridges and flyovers were constructed by the federal government - to facilitate vehicular movement into and out of the ports. But today, these bridges and flyovers have turned parks for heavy-duty trucks and tankers carrying dry and wet cargoes in and out of Apapa on a daily basis.
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