Traffic Gridlock: LASG To Meet With Stakeholders Today On Enforcement

– Lagos state Government will today meet with traders,commercial bus operators,others

– Musa listed Ikorodu roundabout, Oyingbo, Yaba, Iyana-ipaja, Ketu, Ikotun and Ajah as the areas of major impediments

– We will serve a seven day abatement notice to all concerned locations effective after our meeting on Monday

Following 60 traffic gridlock locations that have been identified by Lagos State Government, the Government will today meet with traders, commercial bus operators and others stakeholders.

Representing commissioner for transportation, Frederic Abimbola Oladeinde at the event is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Mr Olawale Musa, made this known at the sideline of a stakeholders meeting on traffic management.

Musa listed Ikorodu roundabout, Oyingbo, Yaba, Iyana-ipaja, Ketu, Ikotun and Ajah as the areas of major impediments.

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“In dealing with these identified locations, we will serve a seven day abatement notice to all concerned locations effective after our meeting on Monday and thereafter prepare them (the stakeholders) for full enforcement of traffic laws and their attendant fines and penalties,” he said

Musa said that the full force enforcement would commence at the expiration of the seven-day notice on October 18.

He said that the enforcement team would be drawn from road union members, traders across different locations, task force, Police, traffic management agencies and other stakeholders in the transport sector.

He said: “The ultimate goal of the massive investments in transport sector by the state government has been geared toward ensuring free flow of traffic, road safety and socio-economic development.

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“Interestingly, in as much as all these plans and actions of the state government essentially indicate genuine concerns to address the perennial traffic problem in the state, it is important to admit that they have not been sufficient to entirely redress the situation.

“In Lagos State, it is not uncommon to see vehicles illegally parked on either side of the road, some even drive in such a careless fashion that makes nonsense of traffic law while others drive on or across the road medians, other human activities that complicate the traffic hassle in the state include; driving against traffic, making illegal U-turns, using reverse drive to cover long distance in order to beat traffic jam, disobeying traffic lights and other traffic instructions, illegal trading activities along our roads among others.

“It is alarming to observe that many traders abandon their shops and display their goods on roads and drainage channels thereby compounding traffic situation in those locations.”