Sanwo-Olu restates commitment to rid Lagos of traffic gridlock
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, on Sunday, Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance while inspecting the removal of the 2nd Lekki Roundabout.
He said that the removal of 2nd Lekki
Roundabout was part of the effort to ensure a free vehicular movements
along the Lekki corridors.
According to him, the state government has
embarked on the removal of some roundabouts identified as the major
causes of traffic gridlock being experienced by motorists.
The governor urged the contractors
handling the project to keep up with the current pace of work, so as to
ensure its completion in record time.
In the same vein, Sanwo-Olu visited the Lekki
Coastal Roads to ascertain the level of work done by men of the state’s
Environmental Task Force, who had gone earlier to clean up the illegal
structures built on the Right of Way (RoW).
He said that government would immediately
start work in the area to avoid further encroachment and illegal
occupation of the large expanse of land.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
four roundabouts, including Ikotun, 2nd Roundabout on the Lekki-Epe
Expressway, Allen Avenue Roundabout and Maryland, will be removed to
pave way for road expansion and free flow of traffic.
The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr
Fredrick Oladeinde, had, on Dec. 27, told journalists that the decision
to improve the junctions was a strategic repositioning of the roads to
ease traffic congestion.
Oladeinde said that the government started off through discovery of 60 traffic gridlock junctions and areas across the state.
”Sufficiently, the junction improvement work that is being conducted on the four roundabouts includes the removal of roundabouts.
”It also includes separate streams of
traffic through Traffic Signal Lights (TSL), synchronise all TSLs
through intelligent traffic systems, which will recognise the densities
of traffic streams and give priorities accordingly.
“We will also introduce stacking lanes for
both left and right turns at these junctions which will also contribute
to increasing the capacities of our roads at the junctions thereby
reducing travel time,” he said.
Sanwo-Olu restates commitment to rid Lagos of traffic gridlock
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