Lagos-Ibadan Expressway traffic is now so bad that vendors cook and sell rice and beans in open plates, wait for you to finish eating, collect the plate and wash to serve the next vehicle. This is how bad the gridlock is”, a motorist lamented
For about two weeks running, the unending construction of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has continued to subject motorists and commuters to untold hardship, with many spending up to seven hours in traffic.
In what has now been described by some as the “mother of all gridlock”, motorists and commuters plying the expressway woke up yesterday morning to the terrible traffic which affected mostly outward Lagos and Berger environs.
There were stranded commuters sighted around Kara bridge, trekking to their various destinations.The gridlock has often time resulted in auto crashes.Those who spoke narrated their ordeal which they described as “horrible.”
They lamented loss of loved ones to accidents, loss of man-hours and suffering health challenges due to the traffic caused by the ongoing reconstruction of the expressway. They also accused the traffic management team on the road, comprising men of the police, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and state agencies, of insensitivity, even to the point of allowing motorists to drive one-way instead of enforcing road transport codes for seamless movement.
To Mr Yomi Lawal, a worker on the Island, travelling through the popular Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to his workplace has become a cross he must carry daily. He called on the Federal Government to mount pressure on the contractor handling the road construction to expedite action on the project, noting that many people living along the Mowe-Ibafo axis have relocated to Lagos due to the daily gridlock, while travellers diverted to Ikorodu-Sagamu Road and in the process spending long hours everyday.
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