The Lagos government has concluded plans to start out implementing the restriction of trucks and long vehicles to nighttime operations on certain routes within the next 30 days.
This decision follows the heavy traffic gridlock and fatalities caused by these articulated vehicles on roads within the state.
According to a report from the news agency of Nigeria (NAN), this disclosure was made by the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, at a Stakeholders Meeting on Implementation of Trucks and Long Vehicles Restriction to nighttime Time Operations and Dedicated Routes within the state.
At the meeting which was organized by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, Oladeinde said the development is an element of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s continuous efforts to curb consistent road crashes caused by the activities and operations of trucks and trailers on Lagos roads.
Oladeinde in his statement said, “This is in line with the state government’s THEMES Agenda especially as it relates to Traffic Management and Transportation and the ease of doing business within the state. Restrictions of containerized trailers and trucks on our roads will now be from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am.
“Containerized trailers aren’t allowed to travel during the day, it’s to be in the dark time between 9 pm and 6 am. they need to abide by this timing in accordance with the Transportation Law, 2018,” he said.
He acknowledged that the state in partnership with law enforcement agencies, the Department of Petroleum Resources and other critical stakeholders, will make sure the implementation of some of these strategies in a month’s time.
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