Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Traffic Traps Motorists For Hours

Several motorists and commuters were on Sunday trapped for hours in the gridlock caused by the ongoing road construction at the Berger end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The gridlock worsened when the construction workers collapsed both routes of the expressway into two lanes.

The influx of vehicles plying the narrowed lanes to navigate their destinations in Ogun and Lagos states created a backlog of traffic that trapped many motorists.

According to a driver, Olumide Salami, while lamenting being trapped in the gridlock, the construction workers should have provided alternative routes, adding that he was driving from Ilorin when he ran into the gridlock on the expressway.

The Lagos Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Babatunde Farinloye, while reacting to this, pleaded with motorists to cooperate with traffic officers on the road.

He said, “The traffic started as a result of the ongoing construction. You know we are getting to the last lap of the construction, so there are diversions, and the impatience on the part of the motorists is what is making the whole thing very hectic. If people can maintain discipline and obey the traffic managers on the road, we will have less-hectic traffic and there will be no congestion.

“Our officials are strategically positioned all along the corridors of the road. We have our towing trucks on standby to move any broken-down vehicle. As of Monday, we will be out for our ‘Operation Orange Impact.’ All officers will wear reflective jackets ensuring free flow of traffic – if motorists will obey traffic managers.”