•Begins arrest
of offenders today
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) will, today, begin
clampdown on motorists who park recklessly on the Third Mainland Bridge.
Owners of private and commercial vehicles who pick or drop passengers or
their colleagues recklessly on the Third Mainland Bridge may have to face the
wrath of law as the LASTMA threatened to mobilize its personnel to the highway
for the full enforcement of traffic law.
The decision followed the frequent traffic gridlock experienced by motorists
on the highway, especially during peak period of the day.
The agency added that all impediments causing congestion on the highway
would be looked into.
This, the traffic management authority said, would promote good usage of
road network, reduce traffic congestion and restore sanity on Iyana Oworo axis
and its environs.
Speaking on the development, LASTMA General Manager, Mr. Babatunde Edu, said
the flagrant and indiscriminate parking by motorists, especially company staff
buses and private cars to either pick or drop passengers at the main exit and
entrance of the Third Mainland Bridge is responsible for the endless traffic
congestion on the axis.
He said: “The volume of traffic gridlock on that axis is caused by private
cars and staff buses which park and pick pedestrians or their colleagues on the
highway.
“We are set to clamp down on motorists who park recklessly on the highway,
particularly in Iyana-Oworo axis. LASTMA will no longer tolerate reckless
parking on the highway.
“The avoidable traffic usually associated with Iyana Oworo as a result of
the non-chalant attitude of drivers who disengage, pick and sometimes park to
wait for their friends, family or colleagues thereby making other road users go
through undue hardship as a result of long hours spent in traffic.”
