FG Considers Banning Heavy-Duty Trucks from First Niger Bridge to Ease Traffic
SNOW TV NEWS DESKThe Federal Government is considering restricting heavy-duty trucks and trailers from using the First Niger Bridge as part of efforts to address persistent traffic congestion and improve motorists' movement.The proposed measure would involve redirecting articulated vehicles to the Second Niger Bridge, which has greater capacity to accommodate heavy traffic.The Anambra State Federal Controller of Works, Timothy Emenike, disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists, explaining that the government was also considering installing barriers at both entrances of the First Niger Bridge to enforce the restriction.Emenike noted that although a heavy-duty truck and a smaller vehicle could pass simultaneously on a lane of the existing bridge, two h...