Information disclosed on LASG Monitoring Team's Twitter handle tagged "New face Of Lekki Roundabout" indicates that ongoing Lekki-Epe express way junction improvement project by the Lagos state government, is expected to greatly relieve commuters of the tiring drive to and fro the Lekki Peninsula axis of Lagos State.
According to the information it takes about 15-20 mins to cross the massive roundabout junctions every morning and evenings. When completed, it is expected to take about 5 minutes to cross each junction.
Over the past 10-15 years, the Lekki Peninsula axis witnessed at first "gradual" , but recently an immense flock of people attracted to the Peninsula.
Highbrow development scheme, beautiful serviced estates, and promises of breadth taking infrastructural development.
Considering this expansion plan, the rapid construction of office/ shopping malls and estates indicates that the Lekki axis will emerge the next residential and business hub of the metropolis. Highly commendable as the current efforts of the Lagos state government to ease traffic around this axis might be, a single entree/exit express-way can definitely not cater for the expected population growth.
There is therefore the need to consider constructing an alternative 'Multiple Lane Beach Road with functional street lights', and a Rail Sub-way which will run through from Oniru in Victorian Island down to Eleko area in Ibeju Lekki, to relieve a foreseen traffic catastrophe causable by predictable colossal in-flock.
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| Entrance into Elegushi beach |
The only escape route for commuters during heavy traffic periods at the moment is the Oniru/ Elegushi beach road with exit at 2nd Jakande gate, into the express - way.
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| Current state of the Elegushi beach end of the expected beach road |
Area Boys at the Jakande beach gate are not making things easy with their demand for some money from already exhausted commercial and private vehicles as a pass.
