Lagos lawmakers at their Thursday plenary session passed a resolution, calling on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to urgently direct the appropriate agencies in the state to embark on the construction of a flyover across Pen Cinema, connecting Oba Ogunji/Agunbiade and Iju road, as part of implementation of the Agege/Ifako Model City Plan.
The House, in a motion moved by Hon. Oluyinka Ogundimu, representing Agege State Constituency 2 and supported by Hon. Makinde Rasheed, Ifako Ijaye State Constituency 2 and others, noted that the bridges (flyover) will reduce human and vehicular traffic, save human lives while promoting economic activities.
The lawmakers further observed that motorists and commuters plying the Agege axis, enroute Pen Cinema usually experience daily chaotic traffic jams leading to accidents, traffic gridlock, loss of lives, loss of precious man hours and untold hardship on residents of the communities, while taking cognisance that the Agege/Ifako Model City Plan provides for a flyover across Pen Cinema connecting Oba Ogunji/Agunbiade and Iju roads.
The traffic gridlock in the aforementioned areas, according to the lawmakers, is worrisome and unless urgent steps are taken by the state government at addressing the problem, Lagosians, whose economic activities are tied to this axis, would continue to suffer.
Contributing, Hon. Sola Giwa of Lagos Island State Constituency 2, enjoined his colleagues to support the motion and urged the government to put population growth and infrastructure development into consideration while planning the city.
Hon. Tunde Braimoh representing Kosofe State Constituency 2 compared the popular Pen Cinema junction to the Ojuelegba junction in Lagos and Mokola junction in Ibadan. He cited the construction of flyovers at these aforementioned junctions as a great relief to the traffic problems experienced there overtime. He, therefore, urged the state government to take a cue and embark on the construction of the flyover.
Hon. Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, Mushin State Constituency 1, supporting the motion, called on the Lagos State Government to appreciate the population of Agege, which is still on the rise, stating that the constituency has about 10 housing estates with huge population of people and as such deserve the amenity.
