Lagos deploys 400 buses in Ikorodu road in June
The Lagos State Government has warned residents of Ikorodu and
motorists plying the new Ikorodu BRT route against the misuse of the
road.
Already, the state government said 400 new buses approved for the new route would be deployed for operation in June and July this year.
Governor Babatunde Fashola said at a stakeholders’ forum on Wednesday that the road must be cleared of all obstacles impeding the free flow of traffic in order to enable the people to enjoy the benefit of the BRT route.
Fashola, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Alhaji Fatai Olukoga, said, “This road has been built with tax payers’ money and it must be guided jealously by the users to preserve it.”
He described the road as the first of its kind in the state, with BRT lanes and bus stops at the median.
He warned against over speeding, driving against traffic and conversion of walkways and lay-bys into trading posts by traders or turning them into mechanic yards.
The governor commended the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority and the contractor, CECC, for translating the state government’s idea into a masterpiece.
Fashola said the people must treasure the facility because the engineering drawing that eventually produced it was rejected thrice at the state’s executive council before it was accepted for implementation.
Already, the state government said 400 new buses approved for the new route would be deployed for operation in June and July this year.
Governor Babatunde Fashola said at a stakeholders’ forum on Wednesday that the road must be cleared of all obstacles impeding the free flow of traffic in order to enable the people to enjoy the benefit of the BRT route.
Fashola, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Alhaji Fatai Olukoga, said, “This road has been built with tax payers’ money and it must be guided jealously by the users to preserve it.”
He described the road as the first of its kind in the state, with BRT lanes and bus stops at the median.
He warned against over speeding, driving against traffic and conversion of walkways and lay-bys into trading posts by traders or turning them into mechanic yards.
The governor commended the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority and the contractor, CECC, for translating the state government’s idea into a masterpiece.
Fashola said the people must treasure the facility because the engineering drawing that eventually produced it was rejected thrice at the state’s executive council before it was accepted for implementation.
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