Lagos governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the state Transport Policy will be unveiled next month.
The governor spoke on Wednesday, April 24, at the annual roundtable and public launch of Global Transport Policy a bilingual Magazine, at the Marriot Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.
The governor who was represented by the commissioner for transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said the policy will help drive the development of intermodal transportation for which the administration is irrevocably committed.
He said: “I am happy to announce that the Lagos State Transport Policy is not ready and will be unveiled in due course.
“As a responsible government, our administration put it on itself to promote non-motorised means of transportation by first drafting the non-motorised transport policy and reintroducing the construction of walkways.”
As the nation’s commercial hub, the transport policy, according to the governor, will help drive the overall development of the sector and the connectivity of the interconnectivity of the various modes of transportation.
Speaking of the interventions of the government in the last five years, the governor said under the THEMES+ Agenda of the administration, transportation and traffic management are prioritised making room for an integrated intermodal system of transportation that makes connectivity of all modes of transport intervention in the state such as rail, waterways and road which is the most basic form of transport system available to residents of the state.
He said the government has invested massively in multi-modality transportation initiatives which have seen the delivery of the Blue Line Train, which commenced commercial operation in September 2023 and has carried over one million passengers to date, while the Red Line which is to service the western part of the state has since been commissioned.
