The Lagos State Authorities has introduced plans for a visitors diversion to accommodate the 10km Capital Metropolis Race scheduled for Saturday, November 23, 2024.
The race, which runs between 5:00 AM and 11:00 AM, will have an effect on a number of main roads within the Ikeja axis, requiring motorists to discover various routes through the occasion.
An announcement printed on the official X (previously Twitter) account of the Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on Friday, highlighted the affected routes.
These embrace Shoprite Alausa, Billings Approach, Kudirat Abiola Approach, Opebi Hyperlink Bridge, Allen Avenue, Adeniyi Jones, and Oba Akran Avenue.
The race will conclude on the Police Faculty Sports activities Secretariat/Health club. Junctions and intersections alongside these roads will likely be briefly blocked and manned by officers from the Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA), the Nigeria Police Drive (NPF), the Federal Highway Security Corps (FRSC), and the Lagos State Neighborhood Corps (LSNC) to make sure a clean occasion.
“The Lagos State Authorities has introduced that visitors will likely be diverted to accommodate the maiden version of the 10-kilometer Capital Metropolis Race between 5:00 am and 11.00 am tomorrow Saturday, twenty third November, 2024.
“To this finish, the next route ranging from; Shoprite Alausa Ikeja inwards Billings Method to Kudirat Abiola Approach, Opebi Hyperlink Bridge, Opebi Glo Tower inward Allen Avenue, Allen Junction, GTBank on Adeniyi Jones, AP Filling Station on Oba Akran Avenue, Samsung Approved Service Centre to Police Faculty Sports activities Secretariat/Health club will likely be partially closed off to vehicular motion.
“Consequently, all junctions and intersections from Shoprite Alausa Ikeja to the vacation spot (Police Faculty Sports activities Secretariat/Health club) will likely be blocked with limitations, manned by LASTMA, NPF, FRSC, and LSNC to stop different street customers entry to the primary race hall,” the assertion learn partly.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation urged motorists to stay affected person because the street closures are a part of the visitors administration plan for the occasion. He added that intersections will likely be intermittently reopened because the race progresses to reduce inconvenience for street customers.
Motorists are suggested to plan their actions accordingly and cooperate with visitors officers to make sure the success of the inaugural Capital Metropolis Race.
Along with the deliberate visitors diversion in Ikeja for the 10km Capital Metropolis Race, different visitors diversions are at the moment in impact throughout Lagos to accommodate vital infrastructure tasks.
These diversions are a part of ongoing efforts by the Lagos State Authorities to enhance transportation infrastructure whereas minimizing disruption for street customers.
