Abstract

Transport is essential to the functioning of any society and road transport in particular plays a significant role in the economic growth and physical development of the urban Centre’s as well as transport furniture and safety aid in their surrounding regions. Road transport infrastructure influence the location and range of productive and leisure activities, it affects the location of commercial business and residents; it influences the range and provision of goods and services available for consumption. It inevitably impacts on safety, movement travelling time and quality of city life. The paper examines the models that describe the internal structure of Akure city and its urban road infrastructure development and performance indices, its sustainable management developmentwith comparison of old Akure in the 19th Century and the new Akure metropolitan of 21st Century, and recommends the needs for the extension of road construction and expansion to other area of the city. The provisionof functioning road traffic light at various junctions and the need for professional skilled manpower to manage the road information furniture’s and waiting bus stop shades for neatness and maximum utilization, public enlightenment on usage, policy formulation, rules and regulations for both users and operators.