Succour is on the way for motorists on Lagos-Badagry Expressway as reconstruction work on the failed portions of the expressway begins on Monday, August 26, 2024, according to the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation. As a result, motorists will be diverted on the Badagry-bound carriageway.
Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the state’s Commissioner for Transportation, who disclosed government’s plans for the expressway in a statement on Friday, August 23, said the first section of the reconstruction work, covering the stretch of Durbar Junction, Badagry Bound (on both Toll Lane and Service Lane) is expected to be completed on September 30.
Osiyemi, therefore, advised motorists to use alternative routes while repair of the first section is ongoing. Motorists going to Badagry from Lagos on the Toll Lane, he said, will be diverted to the Service Lane at 100 meters (subject to site condition) away from the proposed repair location and to exit the Service Lane back to the Toll Lane 100 meters (subject to site condition) away from the Durbar Junction to continue their journeys.
For motorists on inward journey to Badagry from Lagos on the Service Lane, they will be diverted to the Toll Lane at 100 meters (subject to site condition) away from the proposed repair location and exit the Toll Lane back to the Service Lane 100 meters (subject to site condition) away from Durbar Junction to reach their desired destinations.
Motorists going to Badagry from Durbar Road will be diverted to Fagbems Road inwards Apple Junction to link Festac Road after which they will head towards Alakija Road to access Lagos-Badagry Expressway to continue their journeys.
The commissioner appealed for understanding, noting that motorists on the other side from Badagry will have a thoroughfare inbound Lagos. He also assured that the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officials will be on ground to coordinate vehicular movement along the axis, adding that notifications will be released for the other sections on the completion of the first section.
He called for patience as the diversion is part of the traffic management plans for the rehabilitation work on the asphalt pavement of the road sections by the State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure.
In the past four to six months, motorists on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway have been on a daily dose of stress as a result of a collapsed portion of the expressway within the precinct of the Mile 2 Train Station, causing a gridlock snarl that has increased travel time on the expressway by over an hour.
Motorists start to suffer terrible slowdown all the way from Alaba Train Station on the Badagry-bound carriageway until they get past Durbar Junction on the approach to Festac First Gate, Amuwo Odofin.
