Akwa miri nke carter bu nke e wuru ya N'afọ 1901 bụ otu n'ime àkwà mmiri atọ jikọtara Lagos Island na isi ala, ndị ọzọ bụ Third Mainland na Eko bridges. N'oge e wuru ya, nke a bụ naanị njikọ àkwà mmiri dị n'etiti ala na Lagos Island.[1] Àkwà mmiri ahụ na-amalite site na Iddo na isi ala ma na-agwụ na mpaghara Idumota nke Lagos Island.[2]

Carter Bridge

A gụrụ àkwà mmiri ahụ aha na inochi anya Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter, onye bụbu Gọvanọ nke Colony nke Lagos.[3]

Ọ bụ gọọmentị Britain na-achị mba ahụ wuru àkwà mmiri Carter na mbụ, tupu nnwere onwe Naịjirịa na 1960.[4] Mgbe nnwere onwe gasịrị, a kwatuchara àkwà mmiri ahụ, degharịa ya ma wughachi ya na ngwụcha afọ 1970.[4] Alaka-Ijora akwa, na njedebe Iddo nke oghere a rụchara N'afọ 1973.[4]

Nchịkọta

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Ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala n'elu àkwà mmiri ahụ emeela ka okporo ụzọ ghara ịdị ike na mgbakwunye na itinye aka na mmebi ngwa ngwa ya.[5] N'afọ 2003, ụlọ ọrụ Nigerian Institute of Structural Engineers kwuru na ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala n'akụkụ ebe ahụ nwere ike ịkpata ọdịda ma ọ bụrụ na a hapụrụ ya n'enweghị adreesị.[4] Iji dozie nsogbu a, gọọmentị Lagos Steeti etinyela ụgwọ 50,000 maka ndị mmadụ na-adọba ụgbọala ha n'akụkụ ebe ahụ.[5] Tụkwasị na nke a, n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 2006, Kọmishọna Na-ahụ Maka Njem nke Lagos State mara ọkwa na a ga-amachibido ụgbọala azụmahịa niile ịbanye n'àgwàetiti Lagos site na Carter Bridge iji gbochie bọs na ụgbọala ndị ọzọ ka ha ghara ịdọrọ ụgbọala na àkwà mmiri ahụ.[6]

Na mgbakwunye na mkpọchi na àkwà mmiri ahụ, a na-ele Carter anya dị ka ihe na-adịghị mma n'abalị n'ihi enweghị ọkụ n'okporo ámá. N'ọnwa Julaị afọ 2013, Gọvanọ Fashola nke Lagos Steeti nyere iwu ka ọkụ n'okporo ámá na Carter Bridge nke ọrụ Independent Power Project kwadoro. Ọrụ ahụ bụ nke State's Electricity Board (www.lseb.gov.ng) chepụtara, mepụta ma mezue site na iji ihe ndị dị n'ógbè na ndị na-ahụ maka teknụzụ.

Hụkwa

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Edensibia

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  1. Oyelaran-Oyeyinka. Governance and Bureaucracy: Leadership in Nigeria's Public Service. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
  2. Adeniran. "Lagos Bridges: Another Disaster Waiting to Happen", This Day (Nigeria), April 23, 2003.
  3. The British were once here. The Guardian (January 15, 2017). Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved on 2018-02-14.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Structural engineer says Carter bridge may collapse. The Daily Trust (March 21, 2003). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "AAGM: Waiting for Tragedy?", This Day (Nigeria), October 30, 2006.
  6. Agbo. "AAGM: Lagos Bars Molues From Idumota", This Day (Nigeria), April 29, 2006.

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