LASG Impounds Over 10 Articulated Vehicles For Violating Third Mainland Bridge Restrictions

LASG impounds over ten (10) articulated vehicles for violating Third Mainland Bridge restrictions.

Says the enforcement operation commenced over the weekend, citing public safety, infrastructural preservation.

The Lagos State Government has announced the inauguration a rigorous enforcement campaign targeting articulated vehicles and heavy-duty trucks brazenly violating statutory access restrictions on the Third Mainland Bridge.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, announced that the enforcement operation commenced in earnest over the weekend with impoundment of over ten (10) trucks, citing public safety and infrastructural preservation.

Giwa said this intervention follows a sustained period of stakeholder engagement, public sensitization, and issuance of formal advisories reiterating the proscription of articulated vehicles above 9 tones from traversing the Third Mainland Bridge.

“The Third Mainland Bridge is categorically excluded from the list of permissible routes for some articulated vehicles. This restriction is clearly enshrined in the law, and non-compliance will be met with decisive sanctions.”

“Officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have begun a full-scale enforcement operation, and defaulters will be apprehended and penalized without exemption,” he asserted.

Giwa further revealed that the bridge serving as a principal arterial link between the Lagos Mainland and the Island’s commercial nerve centres has now been augmented with cutting-edge surveillance infrastructure, including precision-engineered, high-definition speed enforcement cameras.

He said that these systems, including precision-engineered, high-definition speed enforcement cameras, are strategically deployed to monitor vehicular compliance, detect infractions in real time, and deter errant behaviour.

“The deployment of these technologically advanced monitoring tools is a critical component of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration’s broader strategy to entrench road safety, prevent structural fatigue, and engender responsible driving behaviour—particularly on high-risk corridors such as this bridge,” he noted.

Giwa issued a stern admonition to stakeholders within the logistics and freight sectors including fleet operators and articulated vehicle owners to comply unequivocally with the designated traffic matrix and legally prescribed operational corridors.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation warned that any continued infraction, whether by ignorance or wilful defiance, will attract the full weight of legal reprisal.

“The period of indulgence is over. Ample sensitization has been undertaken, and the regulatory position is unambiguous. Any truck operator found flouting the prohibition will have their vehicle impounded immediately, and appropriate sanctions will be enforced in line with the law,” he declared.

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