The Lagos state government has started the immediate enforcement on four major roads for the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).

Although breaking traffic lights still carries the old N20,000 fine for offenders, breaking the speed limit rule carries a N50,000 fine.

At a joint press conference by the Commissioners of Transportation OluwaSeun Osiyemi and the Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Olatunbosun Alake, at the Boardroom of the former, at the Alausa Secretariat, the duo stated that the deployment of the ITS, done in partnership with Huawei Technologies, is aimed at encouraging responsible driving and boosting the quality of life of Lagosians, especially the motoring public.

Alake stated that the government is happy working with Huawei Technologies to bring greater optimization of road use to the state, adding that the ITS would help boost the transportation and traffic management and make life more lovable for members of the public.

Alake added that four new ITS would be going live to further boost what the state have been doing with the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), capturing machines already deployed to several strategic roads in the state, in a bid to make the roads safer.

Osiyemi said two speed limit cameras have been installed on two strategic roads; the Alapere-Ogudu road leading to the Third Mainland and by NITEL, on the Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, on the Ikeja axis with installed speed limit set at 80km per hour for Ogudu/Alapere and 60km/h for the latter.

He said two other ITS e-policing cameras are already installed at the Allen Avenue junction and the Nurudeen Olowopopo Road, both in Ikeja, to capture any traffic infractions and ensure the effective electronic policing of the roads.

Osiyemi who urged all motorists, transport unions, and other road users to comply with all road traffic regulations in the state to avoid being on the wrong side of the law.

He said all offenders would receive violation alerts and commensurate fines on their SMS alerts and they have the right to contest the fine and are at liberty to pay or further contest the fines at the court.

The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Transportation, Olawale Musa, said the state government is not out to generate revenue, but to make the state more organized and its traffic saner.

He said all machinery are in motion to make the enforcement of the ITS seamless as it is primed to encourage voluntary compliance to traffic regulations.

Huawei Technologies representative Joseph Olayemi lauded Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his transformative innovations on the transportation sector.

He said the Huawei is bringing top of the range technology that is advanced sensing control technology that is capable of combining people, vehicle and other road activities and is capable of capturing violations such as as speed limiting offense and traffic light offenses.

He said: “Huawei Technologies is deploying high end cameras using artificial intelligence and Lagosians would begin to experience life changing transformations just by complying to the regulations.”