Jafar1:

U don't understand.. As much as the idea sounds great, its also an avenue to enrich their pocket..

anonimi:
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Omooba77:


Any right thinking Government will look at the option of rail lines...
It still beat my imaginations that LASG is not thinking of rail from Mainland to Island, Lekki, Epe. For Lagos to be like Dubai, it MUST have rail option!

Omihanifa:
Audio bridge

Every governor way don ever gorvern Lagos dey use this bridge campaign

eluquenson:
REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE

* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.

* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.

* His government built the Lagos State Television

* His government built the Lagos Radio

* His government built Lagos State University

* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.

* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.

* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.

* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.

* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.

* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.

* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.

* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.

* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.

* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.

* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.

* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.

* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.

* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).

* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.

* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.

* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980

* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).

* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.

*His government established LASACO Insurance.

*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.

*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?

IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.

deomelo:





You reduce inner city traffic when you have multiple entry and exit points.

If you are going to talk about vehicular congestion, you must also address and talk about human congestion that the state can not keep up with no matter what.

deomelo:
Too many people are commenting in this thread, but it's obvious that they are either not Lagosians.

This is the Blue line connecting Lagos island and the mainland.

Originalsly:


The topic is vehicular congestion ..... human congestion is a different topic with different solutions. I am focused on vehicular congestion period.

According to your logic.... if Lagos builds 50 bridges tonight and declare them open in the morning gridlock will be history in the city.

No doubt... if you have multiple bridges or entry/exit points traffic will be reduced on the now ever congested entrance/exit roads leading to 3MB... but there will also be an increase in traffic on the roads leading to the new 4MB. But this is about the roads... it wouldn't reduce the traffic in the city... or congestion... the same amount of vehicles will be in the city. More bridges will mean more multiple entry points ..... the city will get congested in less time.... and in the evenings... traffic will exit faster. What happens during the day?

I now understand the reasoning some people are applauding and swallowing this dream.

Enudapan:
.Nah eh! No qualms
Audion
How many times are we gonna hear this

Omihanifa:
Audio bridge

Every governor way don ever gorvern Lagos dey use this bridge campaign

anonimi:


How many passengers daily carried on this Blue line connecting Lagos Island and the mainland since June 2013

Cyberterror:
To me, the project is just a waste of resources because basically the proposed route of this new bridge is same as the third mainland bridge. It will even "flyover" the third mainland bridge!! So it is more of an ego trip than a necessity. That 2.2 billion dollars will be more beneficial if it is used to pave the many unpaved roads in the satellite towns of Lagos State.

adenigga:


https://m.guardian.ng/-800-houses-to-go-as-lagos-proposes-$2.2b-for-4th-mainland-bridge

deomelo:



The topic is actually 800 Houses To Go As Lagos Proposes $2.2 Billon For 4th Mainland Bridge, not vehicular congestion.

If you can not engage in a sane back and forth discussion, just say so, not need to keep dancing around, faking topics and making your own rules, it doesn't work that way, this is a discussion forum, not your own forum where you dictate the rules or move goal posts just because you can not formulate sane and rational thoughts

It's common sense that traffic congestion is a manifestation of human congestion, it's also common sense that people drive from so many locations and points within the city just to get to the same bridge heading into and out od the city and when you crate alternate entry and exit points, you effectively reduce and divert traffic within the city.

Do you not drive through the city to get to the bridge? You ever imagine how many drivers doing the same thing at the same time?

Do you know how many drivers take side roads and short cuts within the city to dodge traffic and get to the bridge faster than other drivers?

I don't know why this is a foreign concept to you, it's just common sense, I'd understand if the issue here is the road in front of your house, but we are talking about major roads that tens of thousands of people are riding to get to the gridges from island to mainland or vise versa.

You are getting redundant for me, I think I'm wasting my time here.

Ajibel:


Lagos is already spending money on the city rail (they have blue line and red line in progress) and they've also invested in water transportation via @Lagferry

Agugbadin:


Of what economic importance is paving the satellites town road compared to the IGR that will be derived from EPZ

obynzo:


My guy that light rail project is fast becoming an abandoned project. Have you been to Mile 2 - Okokomaiko axis? There is no activity going on there. Abeg we should have conscience and speak truth to power.

omowolewa:
Any road Connecting Ikorodu to Island worth the investment. Already people now travel that distance by boat to avoid traffic.

Good vision, good 'Country in a Country'

obynzo:


My guy that light rail project is fast becoming an abandoned project. Have you been to Mile 2 - Okokomaiko axis? There is no activity going on there. Abeg we should have conscience and speak truth to power.

harmony75:
800 houses to be demolished??!! hope they will be compensated and Right alternative for those that will be affected!?!?!?!

GoodGovernance:


Carter and Eko bridges na.

Just that third mainland is yet to be officially named after any person or place.

smallsmall:


I heard this "dream" under Tinubu and for eight years, he did nothing to implement it, it was just all cheap talk
Then Fashola, 'the performer', also said a lot about buildingthis bridge, he did wonderful well on infrastructures but never started this bridge, talkless of completing it.
Then Ambode came and made all the rigth noise about building the bridge and being from Epe, l was really believing that he would build it. He flopped.

Now, Sanwo-olu is also contributing his own noise to the already noisy situation!
Why is it that Nigerian Politicians are so untrustworthy? The 4th mainland Bridge has the capability to revolutionize Transport, Commerce,, Accomodation, Economy and IGR of Lagos State, so why the delay?

Dont forget, it was the Federal Military Govt that built the 3rd Mainland Bridge, why cant the Federal Govt use the $2Billion they want to waste on a Rail line to Niger Republic, to build this bridge that would be beneficial to all Nigerians, intead of the people of Niger republic?

Moreover, l am begining to think that these APC Politicians in Lagos, are just good for nothing.... maybe Sanwo-Olu will prove me wrong or maybe he will fall into the category of the previous noisemakers and decievers before him.

Time will Tell.

obynzo:


My guy that[b] light rail project is fast becoming an abandoned project[/b]. Have you been to Mile 2 - Okokomaiko axis? There is no activity going on there. Abeg we should have conscience and speak truth to power.

deomelo:



Too many people are commenting in this thread, but it's obvious that they are either not Lagosians.

This is the Blue line connecting Lagos island and the mainland.

sulaak:
They cannot find $2.2 billion to complete the Blue and Red light rail projects which are crucial to Lagos development, yet they are proposing another mega project at a time Nigeria is dead broke.

12inchess:

It's evident that you don't understand how traffic operates. If you build more bridges, essentially what you have done is shifted the problem the people will still choke up the inner city with even more cars. Traffic planning and engineering has moved beyond building more roads and fly overs. This is the 21st century and that is not the way to go. Auto vehicle mileage reduction per person i.e vmt reduction should be the goal of a city as dense a Lagos. It is cheaper and more sustainable. I remember when Lekki toll bridge was opened. Initially it was okay people didn't want to pay the toll but as time went by, people now pay that that money but as it reduced island traffic? NO. It's still a cluster mess. It just shifted the traffic deeper into Ikoyi and Dolphin area. A good light rail, bus service with good comfort etc will make many people abandon their cars and free up the roads. Do you know that in the U.S the average utility of vehicles is 1.1 people per auto that is why traffic in many U.S cities is a cluster mess. But many of the cities are now getting sense and embracing transit but it's a little too late. We still have the chance to get this right in Lagos. Look at Europe, Canada, Germany, Singapore, Australia, Korea, France even U.K That is the kind of traffic management we should be emulating.

obynzo:


Bro easy with the lies the so called blue line has not even been completed

deomelo:



.......we are talking about major roads that tens of thousands of people are riding to get to the gridges from island to mainland or vise versa.

Originalsly:


The topic is vehicular congestion ..... human congestion is a different topic with different solutions. I am focused on vehicular congestion period.

According to your logic.... if Lagos builds 50 bridges tonight and declare them open in the morning gridlock will be history in the city.

No doubt... if you have multiple bridges or entry/exit points traffic will be reduced on the now ever congested entrance/exit roads leading to 3MB... but[b] there will also be an increase in traffic on the roads leading to the new 4MB[/b]. But this is about the roads... it wouldn't reduce the traffic in the city... or congestion... the same amount of vehicles will be in the city. More bridges will mean more multiple entry points ..... the city will get congested in less time.... and in the evenings... traffic will exit faster. What happens during the day?

I now understand the reasoning some people are applauding and swallowing this dream.

Traffic in the CITY are Vehicles GOING SOMEWHERE, they are not intended to be just roaming around in the City! If they get there on time, they would be parked somewhere at their destination and the road will still be free!!
I think you are mixing-up total number of Cars in a City, with the number of Cars stuck midway in traffic, in a City or on the road.

More Bridges mean easing of traffic.

deomelo:



Do you have congestion on your street? No you don't.

The congestion are limited to the main roads and the main roads are full of traffic from thousands of people heading to work or heading back home from let's say Ikorodu, this traffic share the same Ikorodu road with people heading to or coming from other major areas like Ikeja, Mile 12, Ilupeju, Palm Groove and even from out of Lagos state like Ogun state and Oyo state and so on., diverting that traffic from out of state and from Ikoroddu to the 4th MB straight to the Island means you are removing tens of thousands of cars from ikorodu road, it means you are reducing congestion in Yaba, Ebute meta and all the roads that leads to the 3rd mainland.

And please stop comparing yourself with USA and Canada, our daily realities are not the same, 20 million people didn't cramp themselves up in one little city in the USA or Canada and their budgets are hundreds of billions of dollars, not $4 billion like Lagos.

Stay away from meaningless apple and orange comparison.,