THE Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, has set up a technical committee to review the outdated Alimosho Model City Plan.
This information was disclosed by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako, while he was speaking during the inauguration of the committee in Alausa on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, where he noted that the earlier plan was one of the foremost development plans prepared in the Year 2010 with a timeline of ten years that had elapsed in the Year 2020.
Represented at the event by the Director of Technical Services, Tpl. Bola Aliu, the Commissioner said that periodic reviews were necessary for the Operative Development Plans to remain updated, relevant, and reliable.
Salako also stated that the new plan, which would be valid for the next twenty years, would take cognisance of the geographical coverage, geometric population growth, and the physical challenges of the Alimosho Local Government Area as well as contiguous localities.
“The attention of the Consultants, Messrs Corporate Castles Limited, had been drawn to the physical and environmental issues inherent in the area, including perennial flooding, wetland encroachment, indiscriminate waste disposal and management as well as lack of open spaces for leisure” he stated.
He urged members of the Technical Committee, comprising representatives of different Lagos State Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), to discharge their responsibilities professionally and provide the necessary information for a successful exercise.
The Technical Committee for the Review of Alimosho Model City Plan is the third to be inaugurated by the State Government following the inauguration of similar groups for the Review of Lekki Comprehensive Master Plan and the Preparation of Ibeju-Lekki Model City Plan earlier in July 2022.
