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SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
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LAMATA is designed to formulate and implement programmes/projects
and policies for the overall improvement of public
transportation systems, and orderly and structured
development of the mass transit system, among others. Its
other tasks include carrying out the comprehensive
maintenance of roads and related infrastructure,
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of road and transportation network, continuous evaluation of road network status, overall
improvement in traffic flow and planned and programmed traffic
engineering and management works.
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By so doing, the agency will assist in poverty alleviation by
increasing economic efficiency through lower transport costs and
prices, and enhancement of employment and social opportunities.
Some special development projects designed on this policy
framework are:
BRT (Bus Rapid Transit)
The Bus Rapid
Transit is a roadway-based rapid transit system that looks and
behaves like a subway, offering high capacity rapid transit
services but on dedicated lanes or city streets. BRT does not
require expensive tracks like the rail systems and other
supporting infrastructure. It takes less time to construct and
implement because in most cases, the existing road is
restructured.
LRT (Light Rail Transit)
The Light Rail Transit is also highly effective in providing
rapid, safe and comfortable movement for large numbers of
commuters, although more expensive than the BRT.
Both the BRT and LRT will reduce traffic congestion, improve air
quality and meet the mobility needs, particularly of the less
privileged and poor masses of the Lagos Metropolis.
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