The Lagos State Government will be diverting the traffic on Adegbola Street from Sunday 11th April, 2021.
This is to enable the construction of Ikeja Overpass for the Red Line Project of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit. The road will be shut to traffic for 15 months.
The Commissioner for Transportation Dr. Frederic Oladeinde who made this known on Thursday, explained that the diversion is in line with the need to preserve and protect motorists and other road users against any form of accident during the stipulated construction duration.
While assuring that adequate traffic management plan has been put in place for the period of the diversion, the Commissioner disclosed that motorists from Computer Village and Simbiat Abiola Way heading towards Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway will be diverted to Akinremi Street to link Oshifila Street to make their way through the Rail Level Crossing to their desired destinations.
Oladeinde further stated that motorists from Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway will equally be diverted to the Ikeja Rail Level Crossing to connect Balogun Street and connect Oduyemi Street to link Obafemi Awolowo way to other locations.
Oladeinde also added that Traffic Advisory Board will be placed at Ikeja Under Bridge area, Simbiat Abiola way Junction and Adebola/Balogun Junctions to serve as a guide and reminder for motorists that ply these corridors frequently.
The statement appealed to residents and motorists in the area to cooperate with the Government and its representatives charged to man the situation at Ikeja with total compliance to the Traffic regulations and interventions for the project to be completed at the stipulated time.