PROJECT · TRANSPORTATION & HIGHWAY
Lekki Regional Road
An 8.75-kilometre second corridor for the Lekki peninsula, from the VGC junction to Freedom Way. AEC is engaged for design and supervision.
CLIENT
Lagos State Government
LOCATION
VGC junction – Freedom Way, Eti-Osa, Lagos
SCALE
8.75 km, with a 500 m bridge and a 251 m interchange
OUR ROLE
Design and construction supervision
8.75 km
VGC junction to Freedom Way
500 m
Of bridge along the alignment
251 m
Interchange at the Lekki–Epe Expressway
One congested road is not a network.
The Lekki–Epe Expressway carries almost everything moving through the peninsula — the Free Zone, the deep seaport, the estates and the commercial development that followed them — on a single corridor. The Regional Road is the second one.
It runs 8.75 kilometres from the Lekki–Epe Expressway at the Victoria Garden City junction to Freedom Way in Eti-Osa, opening access to Ikate Elegushi, Ikota, Chevron Drive, Ajiran, Pinnock Beach Estate, Gracefield Island and Orange Island. It carries a 500-metre bridge, a 251-metre interchange where it meets the expressway, a 500-metre adjoining road and a segregated cycle lane.
The corridor was set out in the Lekki–Epe master plan and is being built by Hitech Construction Company for the Lagos State Government. Right of way through land that is developing faster than the road is being built has been the governing constraint throughout.
Our role
Route and geometric design
Horizontal and vertical alignment for the 8.75-kilometre corridor, set out through land that is being built on while the road is being built.
Pavement and drainage design
Pavement design and a drainage strategy for a low-lying corridor between the lagoon and the Atlantic, where the water table sits close to the surface.
Bridge and interchange design
The 500-metre bridge and the 251-metre interchange where the Regional Road meets the Lekki–Epe Expressway.
Non-motorised provision
The segregated cycle lane and the pedestrian crossings, so the corridor is usable on foot as well as by car.
Construction supervision
Resident engineering, materials testing and quality control on site through construction.
Length, structures, route, communities served and contractor: Lagos State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure and Nigerian press, 2020–2022. AEC’s engagement on this project is design and construction supervision.
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