The Lagos State Government
has taken to its Facebook page to announce the evacuation of abandoned
vehicles, disused vehicles and tricycles littering the state.
The State Government through the Office of the Special Adviser to the
Governor on Central Business Districts, has inaugurated a Committee to
proffer ways of eliminating the traffic congestion and also appointed
vehicular scrap collection agent in line with Section 56 sub-section (1)
of the Lagos State Harmonised Environmental Law, 2017 whose activity
will commence from Saturday, July 1st 2017.
The General public is hereby advised to comply strictly with this
directive while Security agencies are urged to ensure compliance.
Read the full statement below:
Evacuation of abandoned vehicles on Lagos roads
In furtherance of its spirited effort to make Lagos State cleaner,
healthier and more liveable, the Lagos State Government has established a
special taskforce for the removal of abandoned and disused vehicles and
tricycles littering the State.
Similarly, the State Government has appointed vehicular scrap collection
agent in line with Section 56 sub-section (1) of the Lagos State
Harmonised Environmental Law, 2017 whose activity will commence from
Saturday, July 1st 2017.
Consequently, Lagosians are hereby notified of the operational procedure of the Taskforce as follows:
i. Pasting of Removal Notice Stickers on identified abandoned vehicles
with a 7-day period for self-removal by owners of the vehicle
ii. Upon expiration of the grace period, identified abandoned vehicles
will be removed by the taskforce to a designated depot within the State.
iii. Where such vehicles are unclaimed within 30 days, the vehicles will
be forfeited to the government and undergo proper disposal accordingly.
The General public is hereby advised to comply strictly with this
directive while Security agencies are urged to ensure compliance.LASG inaugurates committee to decongest traffic in central Lagos
The Lagos State Government through the Office of the Special Adviser to
the Governor on Central Business Districts has inaugurated a Committee
to proffer ways of eliminating the traffic congestion along the
Apongbon-Marina axis of Lagos Island.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business Districts, Hon.
Agboola Dabiri while inaugurating the Committee in Alausa said the
traffic menace has become a source of concern for the government and
therefore, it is being tackled head-on to find an enduring solution to
the perennial logjam.
Dabiri urged members of the Committee to “please find a lasting
situation that will reduce drastically the perennial traffic situation
on the Apongbon Marina axis, just as it was done in Oshodi”.
Speaking further, he informed the Committee members that “about 5000
vehicles come into the Island daily and most of them come to do business
in the Apongbon, Idumota and Marina axis” and asked them to proffer
solutions on how well to manage the high traffic experienced daily along
the routes.
The Special Adviser disclosed that as part of efforts at reducing the
traffic situation in the area, a new park has been approved in Ajegboro,
Leventis on Lagos Island for use by commercial vehicles to load and
offload passengers instead of discharging passengers directly on the
road.
The Committee is expected to submit its report within one week.
