FRSC Identifies Danger Spots On Lagos Highways
BY TUNDE ALAO
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Unit 332, which covers Epe, Ikorodu, Lekki and Maroko axis of Lagos State has identified some black spots on the route. The problems identified include inadequate road signs, indiscriminate vandalisation and defacement of road signs with posters, dangerous craters and potholes, overgrown weeds blockings the view of motorists and others.
The unit commander, Mr. Umar Kadala Hassan, told journalists that his unit had made recommendation to the Federal Ministry of Works, Lagos' Ijora office; the Lagos State Ministry of Works and the affected council areas.
Among defects identified by the commission along the Maroko-Epe expressway are dangerous bends, scattered pot holes, uneven road surface, dilapidating bridges and craters. These could be seen in places like Abraham Adesanya Housing Estate junction in Ajiwe, Okegun, Eleran Igbe and in front of Eleganza Estate.
"The bridge in Sura has been in a bumpy state for a very long time," Hassan said. "This area needs urgent attention, as an unsuspecting motorist who does not understand the terrain can summersault, particularly in the night."
Another dangerous spot is the Ito-Ikin/ Ikorodu road, beyond which the on-going rehabilitation exercise being carried out by the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) commenced.
Apart from that spot, driving from Agbowa to Ito-Ikin is always fraught with danger, as motorists need to be careful of one pot hole or another, which in the process, usually results in avoidable head-on collion.
From Agbowa to Lagos, officials of the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA) have been filling the potholes with red earth.
The Federal Controller for Works in Lagos, Engineer Adedolapo Adeniji told The Guardian that all the defects identified on Ikorodu roads will be repaired. "The reconstruction of that road, just like other federal roads in Lagos, is an on-going exercise. But where there is need for urgency, we will not hesitate to go and do the necessary amendment," he said.
The same assurance was given last week by the Managing Director of LAMATA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola.
