•Ambode
Lagos
State said yesterday that plans are underway to deploy 13,000 Closed
Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras across the state, additional 6,000
streetlights and security sensors to enhance surveillance and crime
prevention.
The plan, the government said, will ensure safety of lives and property of residents.
Commissioner for Information and
Strategy Mr. Steve Ayorinde and other top government officials, who
broke the news, assured residents that the CCTV would become operational
from October.
The commissioner added that the
government has concluded plans to decongest traffic along the Lekki-Epe
Expressway through the removal of three roundabouts; namely the Fourth
Roundabout (Elegushi); Fifth Roundabout (Jakande) and the Eighth
Roundabout (VGC).
He said the affected roundabouts would
be replaced by the use of traffic lights, expansion of the roads and
provision of dedicated turning lanes as well as additional lay-bys.
Ayorinde added that the government has
started the implementation of the Lagos Enterprise, Geographical
Information System upgrade and the Integrated Land Administration
Automation System.
According to the commissioner, it would
ensure proper monitoring of government infrastructure for optimum
benefit, fast-track the ease of doing business and improve
government-citizen relationship.
Harping on the Pen Cinema Fly-over in
Agege, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Ganiyu Johnson, an
engineer, said it has been approved for construction.
He said it would be completed within 18 to 24 months.
Johnson said the fly-over would be
constructed from Oba Ogunji via Ijaiye Road into Agunbiade, adding that
it would be 700-metre long with some junction improvement at Pen Cinema.
Special Adviser to the Governor on
Transport Prince Olanrewaju Elegushi said the removal of the roundabouts
on Lekki-Epe Expressway was part of the junction works and traffic
system management designed by the present administration to enhance free
flow of traffic.
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