Partial Closure: RTEAN Calls For Patience On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) says a little patience by motorists can prevent traffic jam on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as reconstruction works continue.
The Tide source reports that Julius Berger, a construction company, had on Sept. 2 announced partial closure of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to carry out reconstruction of Berger Bus Stop to Kara Cattle Market section of the road.
Vehicles, both inbound and outbound Lagos, used the outbound lane up to the Isheri Junction, where it is redistributed to the normal lanes.
The partial closure, which is meant to complete the inward and outward sections of the expressway, had been causing gridlock on the ever-busy corridor.
Speaking to The Tide source, Alhaji Mohammed Musa, the Lagos State Chairman of RTEAN called on motorists to exercise patience on the highway to end gridlock in the area.
Musa said that if motorists were patient and obey traffic rules and regulations, nobody would sleep on the road.
“A little patience will do the magic. Learn to obey traffic monitoring agents, obey diversion signs, be lane discipline and we see everything working out well,’’ the RTEAN boss said.
The union leader, however, urged the contractor handling the project to speed up work as the road tended to be more busy during the ‘ember months’.
According to him, people have a lot of activities to attend to during this season and traffic on the corridor will be more.