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Lagos Govt Identifies 60 Junctions/corridors Responsible For Gridlock
– Lagos state government has identified 60 highway junctions, affecting traffic movement within the metropolis
– The state commissioner for transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, made this known on Saturday, August 31
– Oladeinde said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is committed to solving congestions as well as promoting multi-modal transportation system in the state
Traffic Jam might become thing of the past in Lagos as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration has noted 60 highway junctions, affecting the free movement of motorists in the state.
Ekohotblog.com gathered that the state government in its bid to find solution to the gridlock, will also go after traffic offenders.
The state commissioner for transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, made this known on Saturday, August 31, after a tour of Oyingbo axis of the state reputed for perennial traffic congestion.
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Oladeinde said the present administration would be forced to wield the big stick if the street traders and other traffic laws offenders refused to do the right thing.
According to him, government of Babajide Sanwo-Olu is committed to solving congestions as well as promoting multi-modal transportation system in the state.
He said: “We have come here to look at the enormity of the congestion problem especially the gridlocks and where we have market people obstructing the road and I think I am beginning to understand why they have refused to go into their markets.
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‘’The facilities are inadequate we are going to be working with the Local Government chairman in this areas to find adequate solution for the market people to move back into the market.
“We are going to find a way in which we would clear the ‘ Yellow Danfos’ commercial buses off the roads by finding them parking space to make the roads free.
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