Motorists lament poor state of Lagos-Abeokuta expressway

Motorists, especially commercial bus operators plying Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, have been lamenting the poor state of the ever busy expressway.A portion of the road at Ijaye area of the road was recently washed away by flood during a downpour. The situation is creating serious traffic jam, motorists have to slow down when negotiating the bad portion.Community News learnt that the portion has been of concern to officials of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), as flood usually washed away that portion whenever it rained."we usually have problem on that portion of the road due to flooding . The problem keeps on resurfacing whenever it rains and FERMA has been doing its best to repair the road. It is always causing traffic snarl,' a motorist said.Some motorists who spoke to Community News lamented that the situation was usually compounded, especially during peak period. "As commercial bus operator, this bad portion is a time killer. We usually waste substantial time on that road and that usually affect our daily income. It's making life difficult for commercial bus operators," Tirimisiyu Ajani, a commercial bus operator, told Community News.Another commercial bus operator, Michael Adebayo, lamented that the state of road was creating serious traffic problem for motorists, saying 'we are calling on the FERMA to act fast by finding a lasting solution to the problem. The last time the portion was repaired, it didn't last a week before it was washed away by flood."A member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Agbado Oke Odo who sought anonymity, explained that members of his union had been buying laterite to fill the portion since the problem started to reduce the burden on commercial bus operators.
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