Not too long ago, Governor Ambode gave his approval for the removal of six very wide roundabouts situated on the Lekki-Epe expressway.

The roundabouts were situated at junctions such as Ikate, Chisco, Jakande, Igbo Efon, Chevron and Victoria Garden City (VGC).

The project was designed to ease vehicular movement along the Lekki-Ajah corridor.

Soon after their removal, the Lagos state government announced that the removal of the 6 roundabouts saved residents and motorists N240 million daily and about N87 billion annually.

According to the state government, “The Lekki-Epe road, as at the time it was reconstructed, was designed to accommodate about 30,000 vehicles per day, but the vehicular movement along the axis had since increased to over 50,000 daily, thus necessitating plans to mitigate the impact on traffic. The traffic situation in the area was further worsened by the delays occasioned by the humongous roundabouts along the corridor with an average size of about 2,800sqm which is four plots of land” he said.

Soon after the removal of the roundabouts, a survey supervised by the Lagos state government revealed that the journey time between Abraham Adesanya and Lekki Admiralty Tollgate reduced drastically from 2hours to about 36minutes.

This reduction in travel time thus saved Lekki –Ajah residents (with 60,487 average daily traffic) about N240 million daily and N87 billion yearly based on journey time and fuel savings analysis” the report said.

Now, with this experience, is it equally important that another similar factor that contributes to traffic bottlenecks on Lagos roads be visited. This factor is the presence of oversized median strips on the roads.

Going about the city, there are some economically crucial roads that features very wide median strips. Indeed, some of them add to the aesthetics of the roads.

However, and beyond aesthetics, these medians make the roads too narrow for the incredible amount of vehicular traffic on them. Thus causing severe traffic holdups.

The situation is further made worse by the fact that some of these roads have been demarcated in order to accommodate the BRT corridors.

Some popular roads with wide median strips that are notorious for traffic bottlenecks, especially during rush hours, include Ikorodu road, Mobolaji Bank Anthony road, etc.

Indeed, a reduction in the sizes of these wide medians should be one of the strategies for traffic reduction in Lagos state.

Or what do you think?









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You are right though...those things are wide

You're not an Urban and Regional planner, you are not a highway planner/designer/surveyor/engineer, you are not an authority in urban circulatory networks you haven't carried out proper research on what makes these roads experience delays, your write up is based on mere say and here-say which isn't objective, not factual and isn't scientifically proven, and don't bridge knowledge gap and can't proffer solutions to the challenges posed.


Consult a qualified town planner who's a highway specialist to explain better.

Cheers!

hmmm

I don't understand

I don't understand o. Those of you that also didn't understand what the Op was saying, let's gather here.

Coconut at apapa is more scary, dirty and worst than this yet the Lagos state government is not doing anything

Ambode please clean up apapa

Nigeria is a place where nothing works, i stay around there and me no see any difference. my house to office without traffic is 15mins drive. before they removed the roundabout i left home 6.30am and get to work at 7.15. if u leave by 6.45-7am na 8.30 u go reach work. after they removed the roundabouts no beta improvements.

Very lame article i must say.

hmmm

afangsoup:
You're not an Urban and Regional planner, you are not a highway planner/designer/surveyor/engineer, you are not an authority in urban circulatory networks you haven't carried out proper research on what makes these roads experience delays, your write up is based on mere say and here-say which isn't objective, not factual and isn't scientifically proven, and don't bridge knowledge gap and can't proffer solutions to the challenges posed.


Consult a qualified town planner who's a highway specialist to explain better.

Cheers!

You are sincerely mean bro. Spot on!!!

OP I DON'T SUPPORT UR OPINION ON D MEDIAN. I THINK IT SHOULD BE LEFT D WAY IT IS AT THE MOMENT.

autojosh:


Not too long ago, Governor Ambode gave his approval for the removal of six very wide roundabouts situated on the Lekki-Epe expressway.

The roundabouts were situated at junctions such as Ikate, Chisco, Jakande, Igbo Efon, Chevron and Victoria Garden City (VGC).

The project was designed to ease vehicular movement along the Lekki-Ajah corridor.

Soon after their removal, the Lagos state government announced that the removal of the 6 roundabouts saved residents and motorists N240 million daily and about N87 billion annually.

According to the state government, “The Lekki-Epe road, as at the time it was reconstructed, was designed to accommodate about 30,000 vehicles per day, but the vehicular movement along the axis had since increased to over 50,000 daily, thus necessitating plans to mitigate the impact on traffic. The traffic situation in the area was further worsened by the delays occasioned by the humongous roundabouts along the corridor with an average size of about 2,800sqm which is four plots of land” he said.

Soon after the removal of the roundabouts, a survey supervised by the Lagos state government revealed that the journey time between Abraham Adesanya and Lekki Admiralty Tollgate reduced drastically from 2hours to about 36minutes.

This reduction in travel time thus saved Lekki –Ajah residents (with 60,487 average daily traffic) about N240 million daily and N87 billion yearly based on journey time and fuel savings analysis” the report said.

Now, with this experience, is it equally important that another similar factor that contributes to traffic bottlenecks on Lagos roads be visited. This factor is the presence of oversized median strips on the roads.

Going about the city, there are some economically crucial roads that features very wide median strips. Indeed, some of them add to the aesthetics of the roads.

However, and beyond aesthetics, these medians make the roads too narrow for the incredible amount of vehicular traffic on them. Thus causing severe traffic holdups.

The situation is further made worse by the fact that some of these roads have been demarcated in order to accommodate the BRT corridors.

Some popular roads with wide median strips that are notorious for traffic bottlenecks, especially during rush hours, include Ikorodu road, Mobolaji Bank Anthony road, etc.

Indeed, a reduction in the sizes of these wide medians should be one of the strategies for traffic reduction in Lagos state.

Or what do you think?









https://autojosh.com/see-how-oversized-medians-are-contributing-to-traffic-bottlenecks-on-lagos-roads-photos/

Medians or no medians, Traffic jam will always abound in Lagos.

I don't know anything about road construction, butbi think that middle strip in the road that heads to Maryland from Ikeja sgiyld even be removed... D hold up there z something else

afangsoup:
You're not an Urban and Regional planner, you are not a highway planner/designer/surveyor/engineer, you are not an authority in urban circulatory networks you haven't carried out proper research on what makes these roads experience delays, your write up is based on mere say and here-say which isn't objective, not factual and isn't scientifically proven, and don't bridge knowledge gap and can't proffer solutions to the challenges posed.


Consult a qualified town planner who's a highway specialist to explain better.

Cheers!

Do you have his CV with you?

I don't need to be a doctor or hold a phd in biological science to know that extreme heat is bad for the human body.
The OP merely highlighted how roundabout caused gridlock and how reducing the SIZE of median strip MAY also have the same effect.
They does seem to be merit in that idea

autojosh:


Not too long ago, Governor Ambode gave his approval for the removal of six very wide roundabouts situated on the Lekki-Epe expressway.

The roundabouts were situated at junctions such as Ikate, Chisco, Jakande, Igbo Efon, Chevron and Victoria Garden City (VGC).

The project was designed to ease vehicular movement along the Lekki-Ajah corridor.

Soon after their removal, the Lagos state government announced that the removal of the 6 roundabouts saved residents and motorists N240 million daily and about N87 billion annually.

According to the state government, “The Lekki-Epe road, as at the time it was reconstructed, was designed to accommodate about 30,000 vehicles per day, but the vehicular movement along the axis had since increased to over 50,000 daily, thus necessitating plans to mitigate the impact on traffic. The traffic situation in the area was further worsened by the delays occasioned by the humongous roundabouts along the corridor with an average size of about 2,800sqm which is four plots of land” he said.

Soon after the removal of the roundabouts, a survey supervised by the Lagos state government revealed that the journey time between Abraham Adesanya and Lekki Admiralty Tollgate reduced drastically from 2hours to about 36minutes.

This reduction in travel time thus saved Lekki –Ajah residents (with 60,487 average daily traffic) about N240 million daily and N87 billion yearly based on journey time and fuel savings analysis” the report said.

Now, with this experience, is it equally important that another similar factor that contributes to traffic bottlenecks on Lagos roads be visited. This factor is the presence of oversized median strips on the roads.

Going about the city, there are some economically crucial roads that features very wide median strips. Indeed, some of them add to the aesthetics of the roads.

However, and beyond aesthetics, these medians make the roads too narrow for the incredible amount of vehicular traffic on them. Thus causing severe traffic holdups.

The situation is further made worse by the fact that some of these roads have been demarcated in order to accommodate the BRT corridors.

Some popular roads with wide median strips that are notorious for traffic bottlenecks, especially during rush hours, include Ikorodu road, Mobolaji Bank Anthony road, etc.

Indeed, a reduction in the sizes of these wide medians should be one of the strategies for traffic reduction in Lagos state.

Or what do you think?









https://autojosh.com/see-how-oversized-medians-are-contributing-to-traffic-bottlenecks-on-lagos-roads-photos/

...so u homebase people are trying to copy us in London. ..correct. ..it is not has nice has pekam thou ( no ofeense )

afangsoup:
You're not an Urban and Regional planner, you are not a highway planner/designer/surveyor/engineer, you are not an authority in urban circulatory networks you haven't carried out proper research on what makes these roads experience delays, your write up is based on mere say and here-say which isn't objective, not factual and isn't scientifically proven, and don't bridge knowledge gap and can't proffer solutions to the challenges posed.


Consult a qualified town planner who's a highway specialist to explain better.

Cheers!

i disagree with you,there are so many things happening around us that we do not need an expert to tell.....You do not need an expert to tell you that a pedestrian bridge would reduce accidents on high way......

We are always quick to notice the immediate cause and neglecting the Root causes of our problems. The medians may be a cause of the traffic but reducing them wouldn't stop the traffic in lagos. Creating an alternative system of transportation is the solution. Thereby peeps wouldn't need to drive their cars so often. Lagos is still the only "mega city" I know with one mode of transportation (road).

afangsoup:
You're not an Urban and Regional planner, you are not a highway planner/designer/surveyor/engineer, you are not an authority in urban circulatory networks you haven't carried out proper research on what makes these roads experience delays, your write up is based on mere say and here-say which isn't objective, not factual and isn't scientifically proven, and don't bridge knowledge gap and can't proffer solutions to the challenges posed.


Consult a qualified town planner who's a highway specialist to explain better.

Cheers!

Guy, this is just common sense. Of what benefit are those wide median strips?

Thats not d issue. B4 building a road, u already know d number of lanes you want. Bsides not all those stretch of roads can acccommodate 3 lanes on all sides. Some areas can only take 2lanes

U used the wrong choice of word here I suggest u replace bottleneck with traffic or better still for want of word "go slow" lol

MrCork:




...so u homebase people are trying to copy us in London. ..correct. ..it is not has nice has pekam thou ( no ofeense )

Who dash monkey banana?

Since when did peckam and nice feature in the same sentence.........