Motorists Bemoan Traffic On Ake Road

Motorists plying the G.U. Ake / Eliozu Road in Port Harcourt, have cried out over the  continuous traffic grid along the areas since the collapse of the fly-over bridge last year.

Some of them who spoke with The Tide in Port Harcourt recently said the contractors handling the project should hurry up before the rains set in.

One of the drivers who gave his name as Segun Yinka, narrated how motorists are unable to meet their daily target due to the heavy traffic on the Airforce road.

Yinka, recalled how they were raking up to N5,000 daily before the collapse of the bridge, hinting that it takes a special grace to account for N3,000 daily.

Another motorist, John Akpan, said he now leaves home as early as 4.30 am inorder to beat the Eliozu traffic.

Akpan, frowned at the whole situation, but called on the state government not to shift grounds on its earlier promise to reopen the bridge by next month.

Conceding his daily target, he agreed that things were no longer the same since the collapse of the bridge last year.

He also expressed satisfaction over the quality of job being done in the areas, while calling on other road users to be patient with both the state government and the contractor.

Meanwhile commercial motorists playing the G.U. Ake Road have called on the authorities of the Nigeria Airforce Port Harcourt, to treat them as fellow Nigerians, adding that they are not criminals but only trying to ekeout a living from transporting people.

The Tide larnt that the G.U. Ake / Eliozu road have been a hot bed of traffic since the collapse of the Airforce flyover bridge on Sunday, September 16, 2012.