Lagos Begins Removal Of Bottlenecks At Lekki Roundabouts As Sanwo-Olu Inspects Removal

Lagos State government has begun the removal of roundabouts located at junctions discovered to be responsible for the perennial traffic congestion experienced in the state.

According to the press release by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Frederic Abimbola Oladeinde at the ministry’s secretariat on Friday.

The commissioner said,

“We have since the early days of the administration of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State committed ourselves to ensure a reduction in traffic congestion by resolving key gridlock points. We started off through the discovery of 60 traffic gridlocks junctions and areas across the state.”

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“Seven pilot schemes were unlocked, we progressed in the traffic management measures to 27 locations and now we are working on four major junctions by removing the roundabouts presently causing chaos during turning movements. The identified four roundabouts are, Ikotun, 2nd roundabout on Lekki-Epe Expressway, Allen Avenue roundabout and Maryland, each of the projects will take four months to complete.”

“Pedestrian activities; Chaos during turning movements; Inefficient roundabouts, roundabouts insufficient to cater for heavy traffic volume leading to operational challenges and increased delay during peak hour flow, are responsible for the traffic build-ups.”

He ended the chat by reiterating the commitment of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration in permanently solving the traffic problems in Lagos State.

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The Lagos governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu while inspecting the site to see things for himself said,

I visited the site of the ongoing Lekki roundabout removal to assess the progress of the work.

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One of the first tasks we undertook on assumption of office was to identify traffic prone areas. This led to the discovery of 60 traffic gridlock junctions across the state. We therefore set in motion the processes for removing four identified roundabouts to pave way for road expansion and free flow of traffic. Which are Ikotun Egbe, Maryland, Allen Avenue and the 2nd roundabout on Lekki-Epe Expressway. We would not only work on the said roundabouts, we would also remove street furnitures such as giant bill boards in order to ease off traffic congestion within these areas of the metropolis. The improvement work that is being conducted on the four roundabouts include but is not limited to the following: Removal of roundabouts, separate streams of traffic through Traffic Signal Lights (TSL), and synchronize all TSLs through intelligent traffic systems which will recognise the densities of traffic streams and give priorities accordingly.

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I was quite impressed with how far they have gone. It also means residents plying that route will soon witness a significant improvement in their commuting within that axis.

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