Lagos promises to complete Lekki regional road on schedule
In order to complete the Lekki regional road on schedule the Lagos State Government has decided to engage residents of Eti-Osa Local Government to facilitate speedy execution of road project.
The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, who made this known during the stakeholders’ engagement held in compliance with the COVID-19 preventive guidelines in Lagos, said that the regional road was conceived by the Lagos State Government in the Lagos Metropolitan Master Plan (1980-2000).
Salako said that the 1991 layout approval issued by the state government identified the road as strategy to engender the socio- economic development of Lekki corridor.
He listed the other roads so identified to include the Coastal Road, Lekki- Epe Expressway, Southern part of Elegushi Land and Lagoon Highway.
According to him, the nine-kilometre road was long overdue as a panacea and strategic link to circumvent the transportation gridlock from Mainland to Island, but lamented that the objective for which the road was conceived was being threatened and negated by series of encroachments with estates, buildings and other structures on its right of way.
He explained that as a result of the encroachments, the state governor graciously approve a reduction in the width of the right of way in the bid to reduce, as much as possible, the level of actual encroachments.
Salako added that the proposed road was expected to ease the perennial traffic gridlock along the Lekki corridor and serve as a precursor to the Fourth Mainland Bridge.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Mr Aramide Adeyoye, said the essence of the stakeholders’ meeting was to get stakeholders views, secure the necessary buy-in for the speedy completion of the project and make life easier for the people.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Urban Development, Mr Ganiyu Ayuba, charged stakeholders to assume ownership of the project, co-operate for its execution and ensure the protection of the road infrastructure upon completion.
Commissioner for Home Affairs, Mr Anofiu Elegushi, said that the state government had been responsive to the yearnings of the people of Eti-Osa Local Government and urged residents of the area to embrace the project which will boost the value for property on the corridor.
