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PH: Motorists Laud Elechi, Ojoto Roads Rehabilitation
Motorists have
commended the Rivers State Government for the ongoing rehabilitation work on the Ojoto/Elechi street in Mile III area of Port Harcourt.
Some of the drivers who spoke to The Tide yesterday said if put into proper state, the road would help traffic flow from the Mile I to Mile III axis of Diobu.
I Shedrack Jonah, a taxi driver plying from the Mile I flyover to Mile III said the bad state of the Azikiwe Street road had made it impossible for them to link the road to Ikwerre Road through the Ikoku Roundabout.
“We are now forced to pass through the Ojoto/Elechi street. Unfortunately, the road itself is not in good state thereby increasing the hardship for us”. But now that the state government is rehabilitating the road it would be easier for us to get to the Mile III park through Iloabuchi Road.
Also speaking, Johnson Ozomachi said since the past rainy season which resulted in the damage of Azikiwe Road, drivers have been pasing through hell to get to Mile III; but that with the current attention being given to the Ojoto/Elechi Road, the situation has changed.
“You see, the bad state of the streets are responsible for the gridlock experienced on Ikwerre Road because most commercial and taxi drivers are forced to pass through the Ikwerre Road”, he said.
Ozomachi appealed to the Rivers State Government to give urgent attention to Azikiwe Street in view of its poor state to reduce the hardship experienced by the masses on the road especially before the next rainy season.
Chris Oluoh