PUNCH
Commuters on Thursday feared that gridlock may return to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as construction resumed around the Long Bridge section of the road.
Our correspondent, who was on the road on Thursday evening, observed that commuters heading towards Lagos had to slow down from around the Warewa section of the road en route to the Long Bridge.
Construction workers and machines were also seen active on the road.
A commercial driver, who identified himself as Baba Jide, while travelling towards Mowe, said it was likely that gridlock could build up by the time he would be returning to Lagos.
“With what I’m seeing, they are already dividing the road; gridlock is inevitable. It could be difficult for me when I am taking passengers back to Lagos,” Baba Jide told PUNCH Metro.
A passenger, Efe Chibuzor, who spoke with our correspondent, worried that the gridlock experienced last year may return.
Efe said, “This is giving last year’s vibe. We may experience gridlock again. Let’s keep watching, but this is worrisome.”
A commuter, who spoke on condition of anonymity, however, said it was necessary for the road to be completed once and for all.
“Let them complete the road once and for all, although I thought they were done, especially with the installation of the streetlights. It’s all looking good from Lagos. But this means they are not done,” the commuter said.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed that construction resumed on the road on Thursday morning.
In a text sent to our correspondent on Thursday by the spokesperson for the agency, Florence Okpe, the FRSC disclosed that traffic officers comprising the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, the FRSC, the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, and the police had been deployed to manage traffic on the road.
