The Lagos State Government has announced diversion of traffic from Yaba for the first phase of the construction of the Red line railway project.

The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said the diversion would last for three months from midnight of Friday, 1 Oct. 2021 to 1 Jan. 2022.

“Motorists heading to Murtala Muhammed way from Western Avenue are advised to use Empire Road at Jibowu, while Traffic circulating Murtala Muhammed Way and Yaba Bound will be diverted to Empire Road to access Western Avenue.

“In the same vein, motorists on Herbert Macaulay can also use Empire Road to connect Western Avenue to reach their desired destinations.

“We assured that the site will be cordoned off for the safety of the citizenry, while emergency vehicles will be on ground to tow broken down vehicles along the axis,” Oladeinde said.

According to the commissioner, the three month long project was to ensure that the project was completed in record time as promised by the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.

He stated that signage would be placed on the access roads with the State’s Traffic Management Authority to manage traffic flow and minimize inconveniences.

He added that government had reiterated its continuous commitment to the development of transport infrastructure within the metropolis.

Oladeinde maintained that the development was vital for the Multi-Modal Transportation System of the state government which would boost the economy of the citizenry.

ironheart:
What happened to the rail line started by fashola? No continuity

sirfemoz:
Road diversion and construction no dey ever finish in lagos. Sometimes I just wonder if this government does that intentionally, just for us to spend more time in traffic.

sirfemoz:
Road diversion and construction no dey ever finish in lagos. Sometimes I just wonder if this government does that intentionally, just for us to spend more time in traffic.

Eastlink:
Great one. Eko O Ni Gbaje O. I also noticed another internal rail work ongoing in Awolowo road Ikeja. I guess all these interconnected railways in Lagos is the masterplan laid down by Jakande.

That of the Lagos-Ibadan rail that connects Iddo, and Apapa is ongoing and some completed. While that started by Fashola from Marina to Badagry might be operational from next year looking at the speed of work in that axis. I once told my elder brother that I see the federal government connecting Lekki with the coastal railways with plans to use the rail Marina section and drive all through Victoria Island to Epe down to Warri, Benin, Asaba, Onitsha, Enugu, Owerri, P/H to Calabar.

If all these railways projects can be completed in time (but trust bureaucracy), Lagos might end up as the biggest metropolis in Africa competing only with itself.

aremuforlife:

What they are doing is continuity of Fashola project, that Is how things are run in Lagos, before Ambode came in and want to change the master plan, but he was shown the way out.

sirfemoz:
Road diversion and construction no dey ever finish in lagos. Sometimes I just wonder if this government does that intentionally, just for us to spend more time in traffic.

Eastlink:
.mWhile that started by Fashola from Marina to Badagry .