jerseyboy: Truth is this is no express way. Express ways do not have bus stops and round abouts. This road is a major scam.,

baba_eko: Guys

A few things, this forum is to allow for constructive comments on a matter of significant interest, so its senseless abusing each other here. We are all adults (Well I believe) so lets behave like one.

Whilst I didnt like the idea of the toll, I have grown to understand that governments cant provide everything, on the other hand, below are the things I dont agree with.

The cost of the toll is too high, I was thinking N100 max and perhaps something like N200 to cross all the tolls etc.

Secondly, if you read the route of the alternative road, it doesnt make any sense at all. The toll road should have been constructed on both sides, what they have done now is that ajah bound resident have to do a silly U-turn. To me that defeats the purpose, and the idea is to frustrate people and foce them to the toll. Ideally, there should be a dual carriage way (2 lanes each) for Ajah bound residents and also VI bound residents.


The above is what I have a problem with, also when they were planning the road didnt it make sense to them to construct a fly over, so if you dont intend to stop at Ajah, you can get on the fly over to come out after Ajah.

goldbearer:
Hello you seems not to have read my post very clearly,I said 3 tolls within 49.4km road,likewise Mr ACN PRO where in the world do u have a 2 toll road within 10km radius? if any please mention.

megastu: @cloftec,

You must be living in a dream world. What communities is that footpath called alternative route going to open up. The nearby Ogunjiran community is cut off and fenced off the road, Ikota is not even close by. It is bush all over. The only standing building is the one housing "scintinla" club.

The truth of the matter is that LCC and Lagos Govt are not keeping to the terms of the contract. They are in breach. The original contract provided for an alternate "coastal" road not the patch patch footpaths they are calling roads.

I weep for Nigeria, Lagos in particular.

skyfall: To you Fashola sycophants, abeg shut up jare. You cannot love him more than his wife. We all know he's a good administrator. The Lekki road project is seriously fvcked up. He knows this at the back of his mind, he just can't say NO to Tinubu who designed the road project around his personal gain.

The "alternative routes" are a huge joke. If you don't live on the Lekki-Ajah axis, forget it, you can't understand.

Kx: They unveiled the alternative road yet the pix on dispaly is the toll plaza.
Is it too hard to display the newly constructed alternative road for all to see and confirm?

okosodo: They should sue the hausa/fulani people, they are d ones doing the bombing

Isoko man: Na Wetin them bring her come do for 9ja? We like to waste money sha, why not use that money develop our sports.

meksroland: Fashola is now drinking kain kain. We wake up everyday and all we see is new method without notice in advance. I saw hell today in the afternoon that I have to trek like a cow

The One:

@otoks are you a troll? The events of the day are established by now and it is common knowledge that no one attacked the police. A combination of thugs and police attacked protesters and that it clearly evident in the account of the injured man above.

@2AMLasgidi, below is your reply immediately I posted the happenings on the day-

Clearly, you said you were there and there were no thugs. I guess the world knows who's lying now.

jara:

This is really shameful, how low can we get?

An innocent man woke up at the hospital in the midst of peaceful protest and people are jubilating. This man could have died just caught in peaceful protest.
Press show students and people that were pepper sprayed in the countries these bastard carry their loot, and people were mad. It caught the attention of the whole country. But in Nigeria, that a man almost died is nothing.

Yes, only Nigerians can save Nigeria. God is not coming down for your insensitivity.

The One:

So @2AMLasgidi, does this report not confirm what I reported on the day of the protest? I thought you were swearing that there was nothing like police brutality on that day? Anyways, we know now that being a Bola Tinubu apologist makes people lose their brains.

ade_77:

Don't say that, I've been abroad and a lot of the bills paid there are also paid here. Remember that a lot of people there get things on credit that's why the bills are huge. Everything here is cashed based. My friends complain whenever they are in Nigeria that the basic things are very expensive. Do you know how much an average Nigerian spends on petrol and we still have to pay light bills.
So please tell me the bills they pay that we don't pay over here. Yes they pay tolls but the alternatives are as good as the tolled roads. In my opinion, the bridge should be tolled instead Afterall it is an entirely new project.

Being an entirely new project does not mean that it should be tolled. All the things that sorrounds the the Bridge does not indicate that it will be tolled. It was initiated by the state government, built direcly using tax payers' money not that a concessioneer sourced money to impliment it. Believe me it'll not be tolled. Call it an alternative route to by-pass lekki first toll plaza. meanwhile more work need be done on Admiralty Road inside lekki to accommodate the huge traffic that will follow when the bridge is completed.

Welcome to new Lagos

soloqy:

@Ekoile and Lasgidi

You are missing the point particularly, Ekoile. The issue is not the tolling/taxing as a concept but the toll amount and system. In your bid to call everyone commenting ignorant, you have refused to get that salient point. Even hercules just talked about the amount and you didnt see that as well. Scroll some pages back and you will see where I also talked about the toll amount and system. GET IT we are already paying tax in Lagos so we are fully aware of the realities of taxation. It doesnt now mean you levy taxes that are too heavy for people. With the current tolling system, road users on that Lekki express will be spending close to 600 naira per day on tolls. Calculate that and see how much it would amount to in a month and a year. The toll is paid each time you cross the toll gates cant you see that? Like I mentioned earlier in a post, nothing stops you from selling tickets on a per day basis so that people can buy tickets they can use for the whole day and not have to pay each time they pass the gate. People can choose to buy tickets in bulk(monthly, weekly) thus reducing the gridlock experienced when toll officials start looking for change to give customers.

Eko Ile:

Definitely.

aloy/emeka:

Did you have proof when you believed that Abacha stole billions?. Do you have any proof that Abdulsalaami stole billions?. Show us proof please or Abacha should be declared innocent.

Eko Ile:

This bridge is definitely not going to be tolled, it's not a concessioned property, it's a direct contract awarded by the Lagos state government and funded by the Lagos state government.

I don't even know where some get their usual ignorant nonsense from. If it's going to be tolled, where is the toll plaza and government policy about tolling this bridge??

What I'd love to see is some kind of trust fund system in place to make every user contribute some money for proper and professional maintenance of this beautiful infrastructure.

johnie:

Please answer this one question. A simple yes or no will do:

Will the bridge be tolled?[color=#990000][/color]

Rad1cal:

you referenced silverbird TV, yet you failed to listen to the glaring part where the STV camera man was attacked by the thugs and his camera seized before entering their bus and zooming off

quoting ochibs1010 " very funny indeed, i wonder if you read you comment before posting it, does anyone here look like a toddler to you? *mscheeeeeeeeeew*"