POLICY THRUST

LAMATA was set up as a semi autonomous agency to ensure the highest level of service in public transportation in the lagos metropolis. It was established with the World Bank’s collaboration in the form of technical advice and direct financial assistance to the tune of $100 million credit and mandatory lagos state counterpart contribution of $35 million

LAMATA’s long-term goal is to make rapid, affordable, efficient and effective public transportation accessible to all and sundry in metropolitan lagos.

LAMATA is poised to formulate and implement policies and strategies, plan, coordinate, and manage activities and programmes, that will produce and sustain a holistic, efficient and effective public transportation system that supports poverty reduction, provides economic opportunities and promotes viable communities in metropolitan lagos. LAMATA will carry out this task to the best international standards

Objectives

The following are the broad objectives for which LAMATA was set up:

• To formulate and implement programmes and policies for the overall improvement of public transportation systems

• To provide the enabling environment for orderly and structured development of the mass transit system, among others.

• To carry out the comprehensive maintenance of roads and related infrastructure, inventory of road and transport network, continuous evaluation of road network status.

• To put in place strategies to ensure overall improvement in traffic flow and planned and programmed traffic engineering and management works.

• To ensure optimal utilisation of intermodal means of transportation including road, waterways, rail and non-motorised transport.

• As a by-product of the above, the agency will assist in poverty alleviation by increasing economic efficiency through lower transport costs and prices, and enhancement of employment and social opportunities