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The Lagos State Government says all roads and bridges under construction in Apapa, the nation\u2019s port city, will be completed by October.<\/p>\n

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance on Sunday during an inspection tour of roads and bridges under construction in Apapa area of Lagos.<\/p>\n

Sanwo-Olu said the traffic gridlocks experienced in the axis would be cleared once the projects were completed.<\/p>\n

The governor visited the Costain bridge, Alaka bridge, Ijora bridge, Marine bridge, Liverpool, Lillypond and Mile 2, among others.<\/p>\n

He said there was need to overhaul the entire Apapa road network to improve journey time in and out.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe need to work in a methodological order and see how we redevelop the whole of Apapa.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe construction going on is expensive because they are all concrete roads, we have Liverpool and Creek roads all completed.<\/p>\n

\u201dI understand that by October, all these network of roads will be opened up to traffic,\u201d Sanwo-Olu said.<\/p>\n

He said that the state, in collaboration with the Nigerian Ports Authority, was building another port in Lekki, which would be ready in two years time, to ease the pressure on Apapa.<\/p>

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He said that the government was also in discussion with stakeholders and some private owners to create proper holding bay and with the call system to get trucks out of the way and free the roads for easy movement.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe need to use this opportunity to appeal to all operators to see how they can formalise themselves in a way which we can have better orderly society.<\/p>\n

\u201dEffect of what they are doing is not only affecting the citizens, it is also affecting our way of life.<\/p>\n

\u201dPeople living in this environ are complaining on daily basis that they are not having the best of time just because the port is here.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe are working with various stakeholders and need to synergise to understand what their challenges are and how best to address them.<\/p>\n

\u201dAs a government, we have commitment and sense of responsibility to our people and must bring about an operation in efficiency system where we do not continue to experience the permanent gridlock that is typical of Apapa.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe want to also be able to regenerate the improvement of the roads and bring proper life back to Apapa,\u201d Sanwo-Olu said.<\/p>\n

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