A week after the Minister of Works, David Umahi, examined the road, the traffic jam that had held cars on the bypass axis for long, surrounding the troublesome Benin-Agbor Road is beginning to improve.
However, there are still some failed sections of the road, allowing travellers to struggle with uneven and damaged areas of the highway, Channels TV reported.
The concessionaire, Benin-Asaba Motorway Concession Company (BAECC), has started remedial operations on some of the failing parts, bringing some relief to road users.
The Chairman, Ikpoba-Okha Youth Forum, Kingsley Osemwengie, commenting on the development said the situation was different from what was gained a week earlier when cars spent hours on the route due to the bottleneck.
But he added the traffic lessening had not fixed the root problem, with some poor areas still making mobility difficult.
Osemwengie pleaded for more continuous intervention on the impacted areas, urging the concessionaire to use the receding rains to undertake permanent building works, instead of depending on temporary repairs alone.
Another problem along the route is the amount of dust created by vehicles travelling through the deteriorated parts.
Clouds of dust are generated by vehicles passing over the unpaved and broken parts of the road, reducing visibility and damaging the surrounding surroundings, while motorists, commuters and inhabitants of the route are exposed to the health risks of dust.
Although the traffic has improved greatly after the minister’s assessment, road users argue the ongoing presence of failed segments implies the Benin-Agbor Road still needs urgent and lasting attention.
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