Motorists and commuters have been on Sunday trapped within the visitors on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway which lasted for hours.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the gridlock stretches alongside the part of the street inbound Lagos State.
Checks additionally revealed that this was attributable to a number of breakdowns of automobiles alongside the axis.
Based on some transport employees plying the route, the breakdowns have been witnessed at completely different factors alongside Longbridge.
A bike rider doing brisk enterprise whereas conveying some commuters to the Berger finish of the street instructed our correspondent that the defective automobiles included vehicles and industrial buses.
The rider who recognized himself merely as Abass stated, “About two vehicles and two industrial buses had damaged down on the Longbridge. That’s the reason the visitors is that this a lot. There are some factors the place automobiles handle to take only one lane as a result of scenario.”
In the meantime, our correspondent additionally noticed one other truck break down at PUNCH Place as automobiles manoeuvred previous it.
Some commuters have been additionally seen ready to board buses because the gridlock continued to construct up.
Lamenting over the time spent within the visitors snarl, a commuter who refused to supply his identify, citing private causes stated he had been within the visitors for shut to 2 hours.
“I’ve spent nothing lower than two hours on this visitors. I had left Ilesha since afternoon solely to succeed in Magboro and get trapped within the visitors.”
Our correspondent nonetheless gathered that the barricade mounted by street development employees repairing the Longbridge enlargement joints alongside additionally compounded the visitors scenario.
A industrial bus driver, Qudus Akande, whereas additionally venting his frustration urged the street development firm to take away the barricades, citing the inconvenience it usually causes.
“The development firm in command of fixing the Longbridge ought to hasten up. The barricade is changing into a burden for us and this visitors is a part of the burden,” Akande stated.
As of the time of submitting this report, the gridlock had prolonged previous the MFM campground.