The removal of six roundabouts along the Lekki-Epe Expressway has
saved residents and motorists in that axis about N87billion yearly, a
report of the Junction Improvement Works carried out by a
construction giant, Planet Projects Limited, has revealed.
The Lekki-Epe Road, as at the time it was reconstructed, was
designed to accommodate about 30,000 vehicles per day, but the
vehicular movement along the axis had since increased to over 50,000
daily, thus necessitating plans to mitigate the impact on traffic.
The traffic situation in the area was further worsened by the delays
occasioned by the humongous roundabouts along the corridor with
average size of about 2,800sq metre, which is four plots of land.
As part of the junction improvement works and traffic system
management of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration
designed to enhance free flow of traffic, the State Government had
commissioned the removal of the roundabouts with the view to
freeing up more space for traffic.
Six roundabouts were removed including Ikate, Chisco, Jakande, Igbo
Efon, Chevron and Victoria Garden City (VGC).
The report of the surveys carried out by Planet Projects after the
completion of the project showed that the removal of the roundabouts
had saved residents about N240million daily and N87billion yearly
based on the analysis of trip time and fuel saving.
“The project involves detailed traffic surveys (Manual Classified
Count, Turning Movement Count, Journey Time and Delay survey,
e.t.c), Conceptual, Detailed Engineering Designs and Construction
executed by Planet Projects Limited (PPL).
According to the report: “Average travel time from the Abraham
Adesanya to Lekki Admiralty Tollgate was about 2hours because of
the huge delays, especially at the roundabouts.
“Pre and Post JIW traffic surveys carried out by PPL shows that
journey time between Abraham Adesanya and Lekki Admiralty Tollgate
has reduced drastically from 2hours to about 36minutes, thus, saving
Lekki – Ajah residents (with 60,487 Average Daily Traffic) about
N240million daily and N87billion yearly based on journey time and fuel
savings analysis,” the report highlighted.
The affected roundabouts were replaced with traffic lights, expansion
of the roads and provision of dedicated turning lanes as well as
additional lay-bys.
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