LASTMA, Task Force Clear Oshodi-Apapa Expressway Of Trucks

Officials of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental sanitation and the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA, yesterday stormed the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway to evacuate trucks that usually impede traffic on the road.

Over 150 trucks were evacuated from Mile 2 bus stop up to Berger along the Apapa Wharf road.

The state Commissioner for Transportation, Comrade Kayode Opeifa said truck drivers have turned the expressway into a trucks park.

He described the evacuation as a warning to truck drivers, stressing that the ministry and LASTMA will not relent until sanity prevails on the road.

Also speaking, Chairman of the Task Force, SP Bayo Suleiman said the exercise was to clear the road of tankers that broke down and arrest those who drove against the traffic.

The Task Force also cleared the road of shanties and other objects obstructing traffic.

In a chat with P.M.NEWS, Public Relations Officer to LASTMA, Mrs. Adeyinka Gbemibade disclosed that the exercise will be extended to Liverpool bus stop and Barracks on the way to Apapa Wharf.

The team also included General Manager of LASTMA, Engr. Babatunde Edu and Alhaji Oladosu Fashola, Chairman, Lagos State Park Monitoring Committee.

After today’s evacuation of about 150 trucks, there was a free flow of traffic on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.

—Ayodeji Dedeigbo