Festac Town is a federal housing estate situated along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in the beautiful Lagos State. Festac Town derived its name from the acronym FESTAC, it stands for Second World African Festival of Arts and Culture that was held in the year 1977. Festac Town is also under the Amuwo-Odofin local government area in Lagos.
Festac town was formed in a grid network consisting
of seven major roads from which minor roads extend. The avenues are majorly identified
by their numbers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Avenues respectively.
The 1st, 2nd, 4th and 7th Avenues surround a portion of the town in what seems
like an almost rectangular road network that is connected and accessible
through each other. The 3rd and 5th avenues run parallel within the town. The
6th avenue is found in a portion of the town accessible through a bridge from
the 1st Avenue. The town consists of cul-de-sacs or closes which are named in
an alphabetical format.
Festac town can be approachable from the
Lagos-Badagry Expressway through the three main gates that open into the 1st,
2nd and 7th avenues and are called the First, Second, and Third gates
respectively. Festac town is open and accessible through the Festac Link Bridge.