Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, says it will ensure effective traffic management at Eid praying grounds across the state and prompt rescue/emergency services on 24-hour basis on Ogun 12 major traffic corridors prior, during and after the Eid-El-Kabir celebration.
This it added was in line with the operational guidelines of the Eid-El-Kabir Special Patrol Schedule.
The exercise, according to a release from the office of the TRACE Commander/Chief Executive, Cmdr. ‘Seni Ogunyemi, will commence on Monday, 26th June, 2023, through Monday, 3rd July, 2023.
The special patrol operational order would involve monitoring of motorists and other road users, inclusive of high and low capacity vehicles for safety of lives and property to be guaranteed on Ogun 12 major traffic corridors.
They include the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, where the last phase of reconstruction work is ongoing; Interchange-Sagamu-Ijebu/Ode-Benin/Ore Expressway; Sango/Ota-Atan-Owode-Idiroko Highway; and Atan-Lusada-Agbara-Badagry Highway.
Others are Abeokuta-Kobape-Siun-Interchange Expressway; Abeokuta-Ewekoro-Ifo-Sango/Ota Expressway; and Rounder-Abeokuta-Olorunda-Ayetoro-Imeko-Ilara border amongst others.
According to the statement signed the TRACE Public Relations Officer, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi,the exercise will also involve synergy with other safety and security agencies in the state, all road users through the TRACE Traffic Whistle Blower Initiative, TRACE Emergency Traffic Service and the Community Based Traffic Management Scheme, (TRACE MAYORS), against the backdrop that safety on our roads is a collective and shared responsibility.
The statement further directs Commanding officers to ensure that TRACE operatives are presentable, civil, professional, fair and firm, where and when the need arises, in the discharge of their duties, for the safety of the general public, particularly the motoring public.
While felicitating the Muslim Umah, Cmdr Ogunyemi urged them to reflect on the reason for the season and be safety conscious, as well as observe strict adherence to traffic rules and regulations because any vehicle contravened for any traffic infraction(s) during the celebration would not be released until Tuesday, 4th July, 2023, when TRACE would have ended her Eid-El-Kabir Operation Order.
However, for feedback calls in case of emergency situations, the following hotlines can be reached: 0806 270 3568, 0803 491 9165 & 0703 491 9165.
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