{"id":167215,"date":"2025-06-17T07:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:05:20","slug":"lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Suspends Planning Approvals for Coastal Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lagos State Government has announced the immediate suspension of planning approvals within the corridor of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, at Alausa.<\/p>\n<p>According to Olumide, the decision was taken to address the implications of the coastal highway project on existing and ongoing physical development frameworks in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the project had already affected the recently concluded Ode-Omi Action Area Plan, as well as the Ibeju-Lekki Model City Plan and the Lekki Comprehensive Master Plan, both of which are still in development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of the effects of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road on our Development Plans, it is germane to review the situation on ground and align it with the Development Plans to forestall any further distortion now or in the future. In this connection, it is equally important to temporarily suspend Planning Approvals in the axis until further notice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, LASPPPA, has been directed to enforce the suspension until otherwise instructed.<\/p>\n<p>Olumide stressed the state government\u2019s commitment to maintaining a well-organised, inclusive, livable, and sustainable built environment.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Lagos remains positioned to fully benefit from the inter-state Coastal Highway once planning considerations are properly aligned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Lagos State Government has announced the immediate suspension of planning approvals within the corridor of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, at Alausa. According to Olumide, the decision was taken to address [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":167214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[206,16796,254],"class_list":["post-167215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-lagos","tag-lagos-calabar-coastal-road","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lagos Suspends Planning Approvals for Coastal Road - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lagos State Government has announced the immediate suspension of planning approvals within the corridor of the Lagos-Cal ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos Suspends Planning Approvals for Coastal Road\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lagos State Government has announced the immediate suspension of planning approvals within the corridor of the Lagos-Cal ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T06:59:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T08:05:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750134984.685047.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1076\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lagos Suspends Planning Approvals for Coastal Road\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T06:59:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-17T08:05:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750134984.685047.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lagos\",\"Lagos-Calabar Coastal road\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-suspends-planning-approvals-for-coastal-road\",\"name\":\"Lagos Suspends Planning Approvals for Coastal Road - 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