Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC) has expressed satisfaction with the manner motorists have complied with the new tariff regime at the Admiralty Circle Plaza and the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge Plaza in Lagos.
The toll review came into effect on Thursday, February 1.
“The compliance level is satisfactory. If there is no compliance, by now, you would have noticed dissenting activities. We are, however, in a democratic government; there is right of choice for those who are willing to pay and those who don’t want to pay,” Managing Director of LCC, Mohammed Hassan said a statement on Saturday.
He recalled that a review planned for November 2017, was halted by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who directed further consultations with stakeholders in the Eti-Osa/Lekki-Epe corridor which.
“We cannot but attribute this high level of compliance and understanding by motorists to the advice and support we received from the media, Eti-Osa/Lekki-Epe indigenes and residents, National Union of Road and Transport Workers (NURTW), traditional rulers and youth organisations as well community development Associations and civil society groups,” Mr. Hassan added.
He, however, apologised for the traffic congestion experienced by motorists at the toll plazas on the first day of the tariff review, assuring that efforts have been put in place to reduce and checkmate possible heavy traffic congestions in the future.
“The Ajah flyover has been completed and we have the intention of rehabilitating the road up to Eleko Beach so that the benefits seen in the Lekki area can be extended further along the axis. Possibly, it may spill over to Epe which already has a six-lane road,” he said.
The statement reminded Lagosians that LCC has managed operations of the Eti-Osa/Lekki-Epe Expressway for the past 10 years despite the yearly increase in the cost of operations and rate of inflation.
