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Apapa Gridlock: Ambode Expands Trailer Park Capacity To Over 5,000

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AS a way of easing traffic gridlock on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and environs, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday, disclosed that a 5,000-capacity truck terminal will be constructed in the Ijanikin axis of the state.
It will serve as another parking lot for articulated trucks in the state in addition to the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ABAT, truck terminal at Orile-Iganmu. He also assured residents that the traffic gridlock will be permanently addressed within eight weeks. Governor Ambode spoke as Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, urged the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to withdraw the operating licence of any shipping company without a holding bay within a stipulated time. Ambode said this at the flag-off of expansion works on the 1,000 capacity ABAT truck terminal during an inspection tour of Apapa axis.
He said: “I want to appeal to residents of Lagos that within eight weeks, we should be able to get the trucks terminal working and ensure that we bring lasting solution to gridlock within the Apapa ports.
“My visit here is to flag-off the reconstruction of the trailer park in Orile so that it can accommodate 1,000 trucks. We will do this in collaboration with the NPA in order to have effective call-up system within the parks.
“The expansion to this terminal will be used temporarily for cargo trucks. Through this, we will be able to sectionalise or provide a separate park for the trucks in the state.”

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