LAMATA implements new measures against Mile 12 gridlock

One week after the launch of the Mile 12-Ikoroddu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) classic operations with 434 buses rolled out, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says it is erecting a one-kilometre long concrete fence with iron see-through grating between the service lane and main carriageway from Mile 12 towards Ketu, as part of the traffic control measures along Ikorodu Road.

The plan, according to the World Bank assisted-agency, will also include the construction of median Jersey barrier and multiple lay-by for commercial buses and other uses.

Kehinde Bamigbetan, special adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on communication and communities, disclosed this at a stakeholder meeting with the executives of the Mile 12 Market, the local council development area, the community development association and LAMATA.

According to Bamigbetan, the measures are being implemented in a bid to get a lasting solution to the incessant traffic gridlock at Mile 12 and to ensure free flow of traffic through the area.

Olajide Oduyoye, deputy director (safety) at LAMATA, said the traffic control measures to be implemented would address other issues beyond the traffic gridlock usually experienced between Mile 12 and Ketu.

JOSHUA BASSEY