Cashless toll payment to reduce traffic in Lagos – Commissioner

The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic
Oladehinde, has said the introduction of the cashless policy for
toll payment on the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge is to eliminate the
gridlock experienced by motorists at the toll plaza.

He stated this while monitoring the cashless toll payments on
Thursday.

Oladehinde noted that the new mode of payment had brought
significant improvement to vehicular movement at the toll plaza by
saving travel time and easing traffic movement along the
corridor.

The commissioner, however, said some motorists were sabotaging
the new policy by making photocopies of their payment vouchers for
multiple usage.

He said the state government would not hesitate to apply the law
on anyone that attempted to frustrate its effort at improving
traffic movements through corrupt practices.

He said, “The new toll cashless policy will be a very good
experience for Lagosians when it is fully stabilised. After
monitoring vehicular movements at the toll plaza this morning, no
motorist spent more than one to two seconds before they were
electronically passed, having shown their e-payment vouchers or
other devices. Those that had delays were the recalcitrant ones who
were not ready to comply with any of the four cashless payment
options as earlier stated.”

The Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Lekki
Concession Company Limited, Yomi Omomuwase, said motorists could
make e-payments through E-tag, voucher, E-card and the LCC mobile
app.