The Lagos State Government has debunked the announced traffic diversion at the Victoria Garden City intersection of the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
The PUNCH had on Saturday reported that the Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association in conjunction with Eti-Osa Local Government announced that there will be traffic diversion at the Victoria Garden City intersection of Lekki-Epe Expressway, to aid the reconstruction of the defunct intersection
In a notice made available to The PUNCH on Saturday, the diversion is expected to commence on Monday, October 24, 2022 and will last for four weeks.
The traffic diversion would mean that all movements on the three straight lanes will now be on the lane inwards Ajah.
But debunking the notice on Sunday, the Lagos State Ministery of Works said residents’ associations are not empowered to announce traffic diversion in any part of the state.
The statement signed by the Special Adviser, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, read, “Since when did resident associations begin to make announcements on diversion/closure of major roadway(s) in Lagos ? To allow this is to permit anarchy in the metropolis and this is
purely an abuse of the process of stakeholder engagement by LESRA. The state Government none the less will be undeterred in sensitising the citizenry and motoring public of our plans particularly when major diversions will need to take place in the process of road construction work.
“The extant laws are clear and its only the ministry of TRANSPORT that is authorised to do so after a thorough appraisal and sign off on the traffic management plan(s) forwarded by a client ministry in this case Ministry of WORKS & INFRASTRUCTURE.
“The state government will make the announcement at the appropriate time on when the commencement of Diversion for VGC intersection will take place . This will of course be when all traffic management plans and measures would have been in place to ensure effective motoring.”
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