By Olasunkanmi Akoni
The Lagos State Government will shut Gaskiya Level Crossing in the Apapa area from 3a.m. on Saturday, January 9, to 5a.m., Monday, January 11, for a railway project.
The closure is for the ongoing construction of the Nigerian Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan section) with an extension to Lagos Port at Apapa.
A statement by the state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Fredric Oladeinde, on Friday, explained that the construction company would commence track laying on the level crossing on the Apapa end of the railway.
Oladeinde urged motorists coming from Gaskiya Road to connect Ijora 7-Up, navigate their way through Sari-Iganmu Road inwards Orile Iganmu to link Iganmu Bridge and continue their journey towards Ijora 7-Up, Apapa.
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Gridlock: Sanwo-Olu sets to inspect Apapa environ again for lasting solution
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Barring any last-minute changes in plans, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu is expected to conduct an inspection in Apapa port area on Monday, December 28, 2020, to assess the chaotic traffic gridlock which has paralyzed both human and vehicular activities in the axis for several years.
However, the inspection which is expected to proffer solution with succour to road users is coming after several outcries by members of the public over perennial traffic gridlock which has left residents and workers in the area hapless.
Hoodlums and traffic armed robbers have always cash in on the situation to unleash their nefarious activities on innocent citizens by dispossessing them of their valuables and sometimes maiming their victims.
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The Apapa business district needs adequate attention
The news that truckers have raised the cost of moving a container from the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos, to any other part of the city by 50 per cent, has come without a surprise. But it is nonetheless of concerns. The Association of Nigerian Licenced Customs Agents (ANLCA) once disclosed that the nation was losing about N5 billion daily on account of the traffic gridlock along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Wharf Road, Marine Bridge, Ijora and Orile-Iganmu. To compound the challenge, a regime of extortion by sundry government agencies has led to a situation in which dozens of ships are stranded at anchorage due to lack of space to discharge new cargoes at terminals in the port.