Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, says the government has identified a 350-capacity trailer park in Ijora area of Apapa as part of the strategic interventions to end the gridlock that has almost paralysed economic activities in Apapa and its environs.
He disclosed this intervention at a recent stakeholders’ forum with captains of industry and business executives at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island
He assured that the Lagos government has started reconstructing of the park up to standard, assuring that it would be completed very soon.
Besides the 350-capacity park, the Governor noted that the state government has also identified another parcel of land that can take at least 1,300 trailers. He said the government is already working on how to also reconstruct this, and alleviate traffic situation in Apapa.
At the forum, the governor disclosed that the state government “has already started this intervention with rehabilitation of Apapa’s inner-city roads. We will continue with our road rehabilitation programmes in Apapa to provide viable alternative roads for other road users in the entire area.”
While the state government would be committed to road rehabilitation in Apapa, the governor noted that his administration would allow the federal government “to continue with the projects in Apapa. We are in support of these federal projects.”
He however noted that the state government had already developed strategic intervention “to manage gridlock in Apapa and its environs.
Already, all the stakeholders are meeting to address traffic congestion in Apapa once and for all.”
Ambode explained that Apapa traffic congestion “keeps recurring because there is no parking lot in Lagos ports again. We are working on how to address this traffic challenge so that trailers, tankers and trucks can have a place to park rather than parking on the roads for weeks.
“We have identified a trailer park in Ijora. This park can take over 350 trailers at a time. We have started reconstructing up to standard. We will complete reconstruction very soon. Obviously, this park can be enough given the number of articulated vehicles coming to Lagos every day,” he noted.
Besides the 350-capacity park, the governor noted that the state government “has identified another parcel of land that takes at least 1,300 trailers. We are already working on how to construct it to enable us take the trucks off the roads.”
On this project, Ambode said the state government “has initiated meeting with all stakeholders including the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). We are already perfecting how to construct the two trailer’s parks to take tankers, trailers and trucks off all the roads that connect Apapa and its environs.”
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