FRSC to reduce gridlocks on Lagos-Ibadan expressway with only 2 U-turns!

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has provided a solution to the traffic gridlocks on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Punch reports that the FRSC Chief Executive Officer, Boboye Oyeyemi, has asked the construction company to reduce the U-turns to two!

The FRSC boss gave this order, during an assessment tour of the ongoing construction works on the expressway, where he said the real cause of traffic was the impatience, displayed by drivers.

“Drivers need to re-plan their journeys. If you have been spending one hour, you should plan for an extra-hour. That is why we have directed that they should reduce the U-turns to two. From Lagos to Sagamu, the U-turns should not be more than two so that people will not be driving against the traffic. From Sagamu to Ibadan, the construction is going on well, so I don’t think we have any problem with that,” he added.

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Oyeyemi also visited the Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and Reynold Construction Company Nigeria Limited.

There, he called on the companies to abide by the safety standards, such as putting up the proper signs, as the absence of these could result in accidents.

He also made an appeal to religious organisations, and the public.

“The Lagos-Ibadan expressway is one of the important roads in the country. From the former toll gate in Lagos to the Ibadan toll gate is about 107 kilometres. It is the gateway that leads to different parts of the country.

We need to collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Works to ensure that the contractors comply with safety standards as regards the highway codes and the road signage. It is important that appropriate signage is used during a construction work of this magnitude and we have directed that the two construction companies display appropriate signage.

The accidents on the roads usually occur at night due to absence of reflective construction signs. Also, the construction sites must be well illuminated.

We have already deployed 29 patrol vehicles, six ambulances and heavy duty vehicles. About 225 personnel have been redeployed to this area to ensure that we have zero crash during the constructions.

I urge the religious organisations on the road to forward their programmes from now to December. We need to put this into the planning so we can hand it over to the construction companies so that the public don’t feel the pains of the constructions going on", he advised.

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The expressway is currently on construction.