The General Manager, Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) Mrs. Adebisi Adelabu, said the agency would commence full implementation of its policies in the second quarter of 2023 to improve parking culture in the state. Adelabu, who disclosed this in a briefing over the weekend, reeled out the mandate, functions and strategies of the authority in Lagos. According to her, LASPA was to assist Lagos residents to be mindful of parking their vehicles appropriately, as this would impact positively on the environment and Lagos roads.

She said the agency was not a revenue generating agency, adding that people had been paying for parking in Lagos without knowing who they were paying to.

According to her, Lagos State government is working towards decongesting gridlock on roads by investing on multimodal transportation, saying that LASPA was created to assist residents understand parking of cars. “The Lagos State Parking Authority is an Agency of Government created by law, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, with the core mandate to regulate and manage all forms of parking, register existing private, public parks and holistically tackle the menace of parking.

“There was a need for our establishment to regulate parking because we have Vehicle Inspection Authority (VIS), the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), but parking is essential to tackle traffic congestion.

“If one really wants to address traffic challenges, we need to start from the parking problem and that is why LASPA was established.

“We are working with Local Councils to achieve their mandate in terms of parking,” Adelabu said