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Sanwo-Olu to implement Lekki’s 20-year Master Plan

As part of strategy to ease traffic gridlock in Lekki axis, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that his administration was set to implement Lagos’1980-200 Metropolitan Master Plan with the construction of Regional Road Project in the area.
The governor, who also assured residents that the road project would be completed in two years as other roads identified included the Coastal Road, Lekki- Epe Expressway, Southern part of Elegushi Land and Lagoon Highway.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Eti-Osa Local Government to facilitate speedy execution of the Regional Road Project, Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako said that the Regional Road was conceived by the Lagos State Government in the Lagos Metropolitan Master Plan (1980-2000) and also identified in the 1991 Layout Approval issued by the state government as strategy to engender the socio- economic development of Lekki corridor.
According to him, 9km road was long overdue as a panacea and strategic link for circumventing gridlock from Mainland Lagos to Island Lagos.
He, however, decided the level of encroachment on the right of way, saying that the objective for which the road was conceived was being threatened following a series of encroachments by some estates buildings and other structures located were on its Right of Way.
He said: “This has made the governor to graciously approve a reduction in the width of the Right of Way in the bid to reduce as much as possible the level of actual encroachments.
“In view of the importance of the proposed road project to the socio-economic development of the state, we are determined more than ever to bring everyone on board and ensure seamless execution of the project.
“This we believe will enable us to fufil our promise of democratic dividends through the THEMES Agenda of Lagos State.”
“It is our fervent belief that people in this area are willing to embrace the implementation of the project for the benefit of the generality of Lagosians. This is because it would make life easier and more meaningful for the teeming population of Lagosians through effective interconnectivity within our dear state.”

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