Plan your journey as gridlock returns to Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Plan your journey as gridlock returns to Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Motorists and other people using the Lagos-Ibadan expressway will have to plan their movements well to avert being locked down for hours in the gridlock retuning to the busy road after the Sallah holiday.

The return of heavy traffic came on Sunday as the contractor of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing resumes rehabilitation work on the road on Monday (today).

There was a high influx of vehicles on the Lagos-bound section of the road on Sunday with many people returning to their places of work after the long Sallah break.

The situation crippled traffic along the axis for several hours as motorists and other road users were stranded in the gridlock.

The traffic was compounded by the Sunday downpour at the Berger end of the ever-busy road, according to a Vanguard report.

As of noon on Sunday, it took motorists more than three hours to travel from Ibafo in Ogun State to the Otedola Bridge in Lagos due to slow traffic, for a journey which should take between 15 and 20 minutes to cover.

Following public outcry over the chaotic traffic situation on the expressway, the Federal Government on June 26, suspended further work on the ongoing reconstruction.

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, in a statement, said the suspension was to reduce the gridlock during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration last Wednesday and Thursday.