Good effort. Trailers are indeed a dangerous menace .

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Ogun state government construct trailer park on Lagos/Ibadan expressway

By Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji

September 9, 2011 08:56AM


Determined to reduce the incessant carnage on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, the Ogun State government has provided a temporary trailer park at the Sagamu interchange.

The park, which has the capacity to accommodate one thousand trailers, was constructed by the state government for trailer drivers who are in the habit of parking along the highway.

Speaking with journalists after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Trailers and Petroleum Tankers Drivers Association, led by its national chairman, Timothy Ogbu, the governor, Ibikunle Amosun, said the temporary park would serve as the foundation unit of the main park.

The governor said, “The totality of what we are doing is to see the possibility of moving the trailers off the road. Any moment from now, you will see them move. We are almost ready with our temporary trailer park and they are moving there.” The chairman of the association called on his members to comply fully with the government’s directives in order to achieve the desired objective, adding that members of the association are law abiding.

This is a good move but government should also enforce the usage of the existing park at Ogere. Around the Ogere old Toll Gate, the trailer driver is king. They have become a menace to the environment and to other road users. The express ways have been reduced to just one lane on each side by the illegal and callous activities of those incorrigible trailer drivers. Worse still, law enforcement agents like FRSC officials, policemen etc, look on helplessly and focus on other motorists.

Although there have been attempts in the past to sanitize that area and free it of the refuse which has become an eyesore and the parked trailers, the cantankerous trailer drivers resisted and didn't move. This is why, more importantly than providing a park, the government must have the will to move those trailers off the roads to the parks.

This is a sine qua non for a better driving experience on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

Pukkah:

This is a good move but government should also enforce the usage of the existing park at Ogere. Around the Ogere old Toll Gate, the trailer driver is king. They have become a menace to the environment and to other road users. The express ways have been reduced to just one lane on each side by the illegal and callous activities of those incorrigible trailer drivers. Worse still, law enforcement agents like FRSC officials, policemen etc, look on helplessly and focus on other motorists.

Although there have been attempts in the past to sanitize that area and free it of the refuse which has become an eyesore and the parked trailers, the cantankerous trailer drivers resisted and didn't move. This is why, more importantly than providing a park, the government must have the will to move those trailers off the roads to the parks.

This is a sine qua non for a better driving experience on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

I see a good revenue generating scheme for the Ogun state government in all of this. All they need to do is to tow away the trailers in the company of armed mobile policemen and impose hefty fines on the owners. If they do this, I bet the road will be clear of trailers within a few days

kulutempa:

I see a good revenue generating scheme for the Ogun state government in all of this. All they need to do is to tow away the trailers in the company of armed mobile policemen and impose hefty fines on the owners. If they do this, I bet the road will be clear of trailers within a few days

It could also lead to industrial action because trailer drivers are usually animals and hate it when others try to make them behave like humans

Wait a minute, wasn't this trailer park constructed under the last administration?

What a relief, its causes traffic jam around where they normally park on the Express Road.
Hope the new arrangement works out.

Hope its not going to run through ofada, mowe, Cos a lot of guys here have some properties there?

I saw it yestday, just levelled, work still in progress.
@ Pukkah, one step @ a tym.
@Blink182, d fear of man is d beginning of failure.

Exponental:

I saw it yestday, just levelled, work still in progress.
@ Pukkah, one step @ a tym.
@Blink182, d fear of man is d beginning of failure.

Thank you for coming to give testimony on events on the ground. It is what we we need to ascertain those who are working hard for the electorate. Amosun , currently, has impressed me the most of ACN Governors. There is no fanfare or expensive public launch for his proactive efforts. People just see it physically to the extent that the FG has even commended his efforts.

http://www.ogunstate.gov.ng/news_details.php?id=5

NEWS - FG COMMENDS OGUN ON ROAD PROJECTS

The Federal Ministry of Works has lauded Ogun State government for its massive investments in road construction and its intervention on failed portions of the federal roads in its domains.

Members of the Presidential Audit Team, led by the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Engr. Ejike Egbemena, stated this during a courtesy visit to the governor in Abeokuta. The team commended the state government for its palliative work at Sango-Ota, which has since eased the traffic gridlock on the Ogun State end of the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway and its reconstruction of the completely dilapidated portion of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at Mowe, opposite the Redeemed Christian Church of God Camp.

The team stated that the effort of the state government on these two federal roads had ameliorated the untold hardship being experienced by commuters.

Members of the Presidential Audit Team were, at the request of the state government, on assessment tour of the federal roads in Ogun State, with a view to encouraging co-operation on the rehabilitation of the roads.

“We are impressed with what we have seen,” remarked the head of the delegation, “and we are happy to inform the governor that the Federal Government has awarded the contract for the construction of Lagos/Ota highway, which is to start in 2 weeks’ time. We are scrapping and putting up a new road with emphasis on drainages in order to ensure durability of the road.”

The team also said palliative work had been approved for the Ikorodu/Sagamu road and urged the state government to partner with the Federal Government to ensure that funds invested on the roads were protected.

In his reaction, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, said “the people are not interested in which road is federal and which one belongs to the state. Road is one of the most important social amenities. The Abeokuta/Ibadan road is not good. A lot of lives are lost on the road on a daily basis. The Ikorodu/Sagamu road is a big shame; petrol tankers had to embark on strike because of the terrible state of the road. This does not augur well for the economic well-being of the country.”

The governor reiterated the need for Nigerians to develop the culture of maintenance. “Once you do not maintain a road, it collapses. If you go abroad, roads stand for up to 30 or 40 years but here they collapse within three years.”

The governor also urged the Federal Government to always award construction contracts to firms that “have the competence, capacity and capital” to carry out such a project.

“You don’t do try and error with roads that are of strategic importance to the national economy; they must be awarded to companies that are tested and have track records,” he said.

The governor commended the Federal Government for the visit and requested for prompt reimbursement of funds expended by Ogun State on federal roads.

In a chat with newsmen shortly after the parley, Engr. Ejike Egbemena commended the quality of work done even on roads where the state government used direct labour approach and called for partnership between the states and federal government to ensure that commercial activities that lead to encroachment of the right of way and result in blockage of drainages were curtailed.

He re-emphasised the commitment of the Federal Government to provide a good road network in Nigeria.

The governor, in company of the Secretary to the state government, Barr. Adeoluwa Taiwo and a host of commissioners, had earlier hosted the team to a ‘break-your-fast’ dinner.

It will be recalled that a few weeks ago in the print and electronic media, many Nigerians expressed profound gratitude to the new administration in Ogun State for its interventions on the two major federal highways in its territory -Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway and Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.