{"id":18571,"date":"2017-10-26T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T13:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18571"},"modified":"2017-10-27T00:06:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T23:06:41","slug":"lastma-goes-tough-one-way-drivers-airport-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/lastma-goes-tough-one-way-drivers-airport-road\/","title":{"rendered":"LASTMA Goes Tough On One-way Drivers On Airport Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has warned stakeholders in the aviation sector and members of the public to desist from disobeying the State Traffic Law with regard to driving one-way on the Murtala Muhammed Airport Road so as not to incur the wrath of the law.<\/p>\n

LASTMA General Manager, Mr. Olawale Musa, said the State government had been inundated with several reports of motorists driving against traffic in the corridor, and that it would not allow such illegality to continue.<\/p>\n

He gave this warning on Thursday while addressing members of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport chapters of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents and National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders.<\/p>\n

The GM, whose Agency was on a joint enforcement in the axis wrh the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos Police Command said it had been observed that operators in the axis and members of the public were flouting the State Traffic Law, an action which he noted posed dangers to other road users, as well as lives and property.<\/p>\n

He said the development was also hindering the ongoing massive expansion and reconstruction of the Airport Road being undertaken by the State government.<\/p>\n

The LASTMA boss said: \u201cAs people are aware, there is ongoing expansion of the Airport Road and we have deployed our men strategically along the axis to ease traffic. Along the line, we saw that we are having this challenge of people passing one way from the Hajj Camp end and every time our men challenge them, they tell us Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), gave them the authority to pass one way. They even challenge us that this is a federal road and that state law does not apply.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that should not happen and we went there to see what is happening and we actually saw people plying one way but we are very sure that FAAN cannot tell anybody to flout the laws of the land.<\/p>

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“We have held discussions with them and we understand their challenge, which is basically the need for a U-turn while the new construction work is ongoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will try and help them to solve the problem but we will not allow anybody to pass one way in the axis. The dangers in doing so are of greater proportion and the State government cannot allow people to break the law with impunity,\u201d Musa said.<\/p>\n

He added that another meeting had been scheduled between LASTMA, the contractor handling the Airport Road and the aviation stakeholders to resolve the issue raised by the operators, but insisted that the agency would not allow anybody to pass one way in the axis.<\/p>\n

Also speaking, RRS Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu, said the police would work with LASTMA to ensure sanity and compliance with the relevant traffic laws in the axis and all parts of the State.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not close our eyes to people flouting the laws of the land. I have the instruction of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal, to assist LASTMA to ensure that we stop this and that is exactly what we have done today,\u201d Disu said.<\/p>\n

The operation was led by the Chief Executive Officer of LASTMA, Mr. Chris Olakpe, a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has warned stakeholders in the aviation sector and members of the public to desist from disobeying the State Traffic Law with regard to driving one-way on the Murtala Muhammed Airport Road so as not to incur the wrath of the law. 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