“The government needs to keenly observe the pattern of traffic flow and redistribute it"- traffic expert

Lagos state is associated with a lot of things including traffic.

The traffic situation is so terrible that people are moving to other states.

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All of these may disappear if the state government listens to Prof. Adegboyega Banjo, an ex-World Bank official and consultant on transportation development.

“The government needs to keenly observe the pattern of traffic flow and redistribute it. To do this, alternative roads need to be built, especially in the metropolis.

The kilometre of roads in Lagos State is grossly insufficient, if you look at the distribution of traffic within the metropolis vis-a-vis other parts of the state.

The government’s effort at building new roads needs to focus on these areas. If you look at the metropolitan area, the road networks are the same as what obtains 20 years ago, despite visible increase in population and the number of vehicles. Government needs to take another look at building roads outside the core metropolis.”

Do you agree?