{"id":75456,"date":"2025-09-12T16:04:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=75456"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:04:36","slug":"npa-installs-electronic-barriers-at-lagos-port-to-curb-gridlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/12\/npa-installs-electronic-barriers-at-lagos-port-to-curb-gridlock\/","title":{"rendered":"NPA Installs Electronic Barriers at Lagos Port to Curb Gridlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has completed the installation of electronic barrier systems at all entry points of the Lagos Port Complex in a bid to modernise operations and improve efficiency at the country\u2019s busiest maritime hub.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, the NPA said the project followed extensive consultations with maritime stakeholders and is designed to regulate vehicular traffic, strengthen access control, and tackle the recurring problem of trucks diverting from approved routes.<\/p>\n<p>For years, such diversions have disrupted traffic flow around the port, slowed down terminal activities, and reduced overall productivity. The new barriers, the authority explained, are intended to restore order and streamline movement within the port corridor.<\/p>\n<p>The NPA added that the electronic barriers are integrated with the Eto Electronic Call-Up system operated by Trucks Transit Parks Limited, ensuring that only trucks with valid Eto-generated passes gain access to port terminals. Unauthorized vehicles will now be barred.<\/p>\n<p>According to the authority, the measure will improve gate management, enhance transparency, and help eliminate the perennial gridlock along the Apapa access roads that has long hampered port users and residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado &nbsp; The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has completed the installation of electronic barrier systems at all entry points of the Lagos Port Complex in a bid to modernise operations and improve efficiency at the country\u2019s busiest maritime hub. In a statement on Thursday, the NPA said the project followed extensive consultations with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":75457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75458,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75456\/revisions\/75458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}