2AMLasgidi:

Call it another Alternative route to the toll gate!!!, Now shame to those who claim government is here to milk them. Most people working in Lekki axis are living on the island all they need do is just drive into Admiralty Road link the bridge. pronto, you on your way to the 3rd mainland bridge. Now I can see a Fashola decongesting Lekki Road especially for people coming to Ikoyi and going to the island.

Welcome to New Lagos.

naptu2:

The key question is; WILL THIS BRIDGE BE TOLLED?

hercules07:

I expect the bridge to be tolled, government must make money back from it, we live in dangerous financial times, what people should be fighting for is a reasonable price, say 50 Naira.

johnie:

Please answer this one question. A simple yes or no will do:

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Eko Ile:

This bridge is definitely not going to be tolled, it's not a concessioned property, it's a direct contract awarded by the Lagos state government and funded by the Lagos state government.

I don't even know where some get their usual ignorant nonsense from. If it's going to be tolled, where is the toll plaza and government policy about tolling this bridge??

What I'd love to see is some kind of trust fund system in place to make every user contribute some money for proper and professional maintenance of this beautiful infrastructure.

2AMLasgidi:

Now, to put this in perspective the Toll gate will definitely have few motorist using it. More traffic will be going thru Ikoyi to link Lekki.

Eko Ile:

Definitely.

2AMLasgidi:


There's even more to this than toll or any other basic considerations. It's all about commerce and productivity. we are all losing all over because of gridlock. We waste so much time, money. manpower and productive hours because we sit in traffic instead of maximizing our working hours to be productive, generate funds and produce goods and services.

With less traffic and gridlock, we live a better and stressful life, we make and produce more which means more tax money generated to build more bridges and other social services.

God bless you Eko Ile, by the way some even forget that Our cars hardly have second value with gridlock we go through everyday. we pay more than N240 per complete trip on our cars if the road had been left in that "Jakande Way. Pot holes ridden, too narrow to accommodate todays traffic density, No Traffic Light, sandy median (which causes accident all the time, )

hercules07:

I stand corrected on tolling of the bridge, I thought it will be as the state needs money, to johnie, the lekki bridge could also be tolled at #50, the residents should have engaged Fashola and LCC on that instead of turning it into a political thing, the important things are, the residents get a good road, the private guy makes his money and everyone is happy.

soloqy:

@Ekoile and Lasgidi

You are missing the point particularly, Ekoile. The issue is not the tolling/taxing as a concept but the toll amount and system. In your bid to call everyone commenting ignorant, you have refused to get that salient point. Even hercules just talked about the amount and you didnt see that as well. Scroll some pages back and you will see where I also talked about the toll amount and system. GET IT we are already paying tax in Lagos so we are fully aware of the realities of taxation. It doesnt now mean you levy taxes that are too heavy for people. With the current tolling system, road users on that Lekki express will be spending close to 600 naira per day on tolls. Calculate that and see how much it would amount to in a month and a year. The toll is paid each time you cross the toll gates cant you see that? Like I mentioned earlier in a post, nothing stops you from selling tickets on a per day basis so that people can buy tickets they can use for the whole day and not have to pay each time they pass the gate. People can choose to buy tickets in bulk(monthly, weekly) thus reducing the gridlock experienced when toll officials start looking for change to give customers.

soloqy:

@Ekoile and Lasgidi

You are missing the point particularly, Ekoile. The issue is not the tolling/taxing as a concept but the toll amount and system. In your bid to call everyone commenting ignorant, you have refused to get that salient point. Even hercules just talked about the amount and you didnt see that as well. Scroll some pages back and you will see where I also talked about the toll amount and system.   GET IT we are already paying tax in Lagos so we are fully aware of the realities of taxation. It doesnt now mean you levy taxes that are too heavy for people. With the current tolling system, road users on that Lekki express will be spending close to 600 naira per day on tolls. Calculate that and see how much it would amount to in a month and a year. The toll is paid each time you cross the toll gates cant you see that? Like I mentioned earlier in a post, nothing stops you from selling tickets on a per day basis so that people can buy tickets they can use for the whole day and not have to pay each time they pass the gate. People can choose to buy tickets in bulk(monthly, weekly) thus reducing the gridlock experienced when toll officials start looking for change to give customers.

ade_77:

Don't say that, I've been abroad and a lot of the bills paid there are also paid here. Remember that a lot of people there get things on credit that's why the bills are huge. Everything here is cashed based. My friends complain whenever they are in Nigeria that the basic things are very expensive. Do you know how much an average Nigerian spends on petrol and we still have to pay light bills.
So please tell me the bills they pay that we don't pay over here. Yes they pay tolls but the alternatives are as good as the tolled roads. In my opinion, the bridge should be tolled instead Afterall it is an entirely new project.

Being an entirely new project does not mean that it should be tolled. All the things that sorrounds the the Bridge does not indicate that it will be tolled. It was initiated by the state government, built direcly using tax payers' money not that a concessioneer sourced money to impliment it. Believe me it'll not be tolled. Call it an alternative route to by-pass lekki first toll plaza. meanwhile more work need be done on Admiralty Road inside lekki to accommodate the huge traffic that will follow when the bridge is completed.

Welcome to new Lagos