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Thread gone cold!

Why won't it when it has been sent to Siberia which no one visits?

LOL

I heard that there is serious flooding at Alpha beach. That the beach is encroaching into houses. Does anyone have pics? Can Johnie help us pls?

Ocean surge hits Alpha Beach, renders thousand homeless
By Kunle Falayi
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011



Frequent visitors to Alpha Beach on the Lagos Island would find it difficult to believe that their favourite fun spot is no more.

What is left of this tourist site is a broken coastline that shows the potency of angry water.

What used to be a tarred road running parallel to the beach had been broken up by the strong tide from the Atlantic Ocean which had been hitting the beach since two weeks ago.



The asphalt had been deposited against the walls of the few remaining concrete shops still standing on the beach. The road had been eroded, creating a gorge higher than three feet on the beach.



A mosque on the beach was also reduced to rubble while a church located on the beach was deserted.



The present fate of Alpha is the result of a continual surging of the Atlantic Ocean. It peaked to a frightful proportion at the weekend, pushing the coastline to the road and destroying shops and property along the beach.



The surge had consequently left many residents in the area homeless. The state government puts the figure at over 1000.



When PUNCH METRO visited the beach on Monday, the residents narrated how the ocean came thundering into the beach, destroying a large number of structures.



Some of the residents and business owners, whose shops were damaged, told PUNCH METRO that the ocean rises unexpectedly every evening and creeps toward houses and kiosks along the coast.



“But yesterday was different. I have been here for a while but I have not seen the ocean that high before. The ocean suddenly surged and washed away all the shops, especially the wooden kiosks and the bars constructed with bamboo,” a bar owner on the beach told our correspondent.



A Ghanaian, who identified herself simply as Iya Koffi, said she was still clueless about where she would go now that her shop where she sold drinks and pepper soup had been washed away. Even her home, located more than 100 metres away from the coast is now barely two metres away from reach of water at low tide



“At night we dare not stay inside because the tide covers every part of the house. I have never seen this ocean like that in my life. In the last two weeks it has been rising steadily, but we did not imagine it would even get this worse. Where the ocean is raging right now used to be where people sit to drink and relax,” she said.



When the ocean surged on Sunday, lucky residents who were around were able to salvage some of their property. Those who do business in the area and live away from the beach got a surprise on Monday morning when they could not locate their shops anymore.



Some youths told our correspondent that the night life, which made the beach popular, had been destroyed.



A resident, Nicholas Duka, said sex workers who ply their trade in the area have all been displaced due to the destruction of their brothels, which were mostly constructed with wood.



“Those girls make this place interesting. But they dare not come here in the evening or night anymore. This place is now a danger zone.



“What makes this place more dangerous is that this is not like the flood which ravaged most places in Lagos more than a month ago. This is the Atlantic at work. It is not something you can construct drainage to stop. It destroys anything on its path. That is why you cannot find any shop on the coast anymore.”



Shop owners and residents were seen removing the roofing sheet on the now decrepit shops.



Many youths who do petty business on the beach, stood around looking at the now empty beach that once served as a place where they made a living.



“This is not funny at all. This problem is not just about those who have shops here. There are lots of us who make money on this beach one way or the other, and it helps them stay out of trouble. That would not be possible anymore now as you can see,” one of the youths, Michael Ayinor, told PUNCH METRO.



He pointed to a spot about 100 metres away where he said he used to jog every morning.



“You can see now that the water level in the place would submerge an adult. We really don’t understand why this happened. It is like we woke up and the beach was gone. We don’t really know who to cry to for help because it is obvious that even the state government would need a lot of resources to combat this problem,” he said.



However the state government on Monday warned the state residents to stay away from its beaches.



It also warned residents living around coastal areas to be careful, saying that Lagos was experiencing ocean surge up to about five metres high.



The Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Prince Adesegun Oniru, who gave the warning, said there had been a rising tide on the beaches.



He said, “It is a cause for concern. Alpha, Badagry and Kuramo are experiencing ocean surge as a result of strong waves coupled with beached vessels on the Atlantic. The wave is about 5 metres high.



“What we are experiencing right now is the ripple effect of happenings in the Caribbean and Hurricane Irene. So, Lagosians are advised to keep away from the waterfront since experts have said this surge in the ocean will last till Sunday.”



Oniru said the government had put some measures in place to control the situation including watch towers and beach guards to monitor the coastline and report back on an hourly basis.






http://punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201108301481864

Thanks. It's really serious o. Well, Nigerians always have a way of adapting.

Looking at that picture,l can only say "The Gods are angry"!

Anywhere near the "Ocean" is always going to be at great risks!

Obviously, the residents are completely helpless against he Atlantic Ocean, even Lagos State government will have to muster heavy resources to be able to challenge the Ocean's surge (we remember what happened and si still happening along Ahmadu Bello Way, Bar Beach end of the same Ocean!).

I hope all these "land reclamations here-and-there" have nothing to do with the rising level of the Ocean?

Johnie

Thanks for all your hard work, as per the Ajah market I fairly know the road, the way it is at the moment, 30m will take off the bus garage and also the so called market, not sure if it can be relocated anywhere near as you have the Baale's palace on the other side, saying that on the other side of the road, you have a lot of pylons which can be moved, but I do agree, the presence of the market etc makes the place a bottleneck due to cars stopping to buy wares off the road and public transport buses making a stop too.

I have not been in Lekki in 10 months now, but I want to know where you pass Johnie to avoid Ajah, lets assume that I'm coming from Abraham Adesanya, how else can I get to V.I and not get stuck in traffic, I hear of the beach road, but you can only go there with a strong jeep I heard. Do you know any shortcuts Johnie ?

Lastly, anyone knows where the road works have reached now, when I was last in the area they were in Jakande but however, hastly building the next toll at Chevron. Is the road still a nightmare, lets say I am coming from phase 1 and going to Abraham Adesanya, what is the commute like at the moment ?

Thanks in advance

baba_eko:

Johnie

Thanks for all your hard work, as per the Ajah market I fairly know the road, the way it is at the moment, 30m will take off the bus garage and also the so called market, not sure if it can be relocated anywhere near as you have the Baale's palace on the other side, saying that on the other side of the road, you have a lot of pylons which can be moved, but I do agree, the presence of the market etc makes the place a bottleneck due to cars stopping to buy wares off the road and public transport buses making a stop too.

I have not been in Lekki in 10 months now, but I want to know where you pass Johnie to avoid Ajah, lets assume that I'm coming from Abraham Adesanya, how else can I get to V.I and not get stuck in traffic, I hear of the beach road, but you can only go there with a strong jeep I heard. Do you know any shortcuts Johnie ?

Lastly, anyone knows where the road works have reached now, when I was last in the area they were in Jakande but however, hastly building the next toll at Chevron. Is the road still a nightmare, lets say I am coming from phase 1 and going to Abraham Adesanya, what is the commute like at the moment ?

Thanks in advance

my advice is that if you need to use the beach road, make sure you have a 4 wheel drive SUV. A lot of SUV's are 2wd's and can also get stuck in some of those "holes" dug by touts!
Ive seen people get stuck and they simply have that look on their faces "but i am driving a jeep na, why i come jam". Most of those minis while make it but on a bad rainy day, men unless you have a touraeg, armada, GL, Q5,Q7 and the main awd trucks you better stick you murano,rav4 and the rest to the lekki toll way. . . lol

Most of those minis while make it but on a bad rainy day, men unless you have a touraeg, armada, GL, Q5,Q7 and the main awd trucks you better stick you murano,rav4 and the rest to the lekki toll way. .  . lol

Wheeeeew! What da phuck!
I tot l  got meself a JEEP too?

baba_eko:

I have not been in Lekki in 10 months now, but I want to know where you pass Johnie to avoid Ajah, lets assume that I'm coming from Abraham Adesanya, how else can I get to V.I and not get stuck in traffic, I hear of the beach road, but you can only go there with a strong jeep I heard. Do you know any shortcuts Johnie ?

Lastly, anyone knows where the road works have reached now, when I was last in the area they were in Jakande but however, hastly building the next toll at Chevron. Is the road still a nightmare, lets say I am coming from phase 1 and going to Abraham Adesanya, what is the commute like at the moment ?

The route through which you could have avoided Ajah is to turn into the 'New Road' just before Chevron round about to Alpha Beach. At Alpha Beach you would have turned left and go through the beach, through Lafiaji on to Okun Ajah and then through Lekki Scheme II to join the expressway at Abraham Adesanya.

All that was possible with any car (not necesarily a 4x4 SUV) until the last two weeks!

Unfortunately, that is history now as some portion of Alpha Beach has now been taken over by the ocean, totally wiping out the road that used to pass there.

With regards to work on the road, it is still going on but has gone beyond Jakande. The work on the second toll gate is ongoing and further expansion work on the road is going on around that area (i.e. Toll-gate/Ikota Bridge towards AJAH).

Has anyone noticed that traffic now builds up at EVERY roundabout? I think it is cos the roundabouts are too narrow. Why did they make it so narrow? Will they build fly overs at the roundabouts? Today was soooo hectic.

Some Construction Pics courtesy skyscrapercity.com

[img]http://www.lekkiport.com/images/stories/PhotoGaller/36%20-%20MD%20of%20NPA,%20Mr.%20Omar%20Suleiman%20viewing%20the%20scaled%20model%20of%20portlekki.JPG[/img]

Why was this thread moved?

What are they constructing? Did anybody notice the traffic yesterday, all the way from Mobil filling station? Wow! That is all i can say.

What's happening?

I noticed that the usually hectic stretch from Chevron round about through the second toll gate was very free last night!

What's happening? Is it temporary or permanent?

Meanwhile, work on the Falomo Ramp is going on:

Picture Taken Sept 16:

Before & After!

Pictures taken today (September 28 2011)

Mariory:

Why was this thread moved?

Beats me too!

It took me all of one hour from just before Abraham Adesanya Estate to Ajah today - 8:16a.m. to 9:17 a.m.

I guess it would have been worse earlier in the day.

Nigeria is 51 years old this month and I couldn’t just hold it than to pour it out.

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Hey Johnie and all,

This LCC people mean business oh. They are ready to milk us to death. It takes me one hour from Abraham Adesanya to Ajah and after then i will still pay toll. Why dont they complete the road first before tolling so we can see what we are paying for. Have you seen the alternative route? its like a footpath.

^^^^ Their focus is on toll collection, they put so much effort on building the toll plazas as if the project is about toll while road construction is secondary. Toll gates has been completed two years ago yet they are still not completed the road up to vgc, another dry season is almost gone, msssheww.

Any new updates

Was just going through the pics on this thread and cannot believe how lekki used to look just not long ago. Seeing how places I pass everyday used to be and the massive effort towards what we have now. Former undriveable roads now leading to new and newer estates

This is a fantastic thread almost like a bit of lekki history.

My people. Does Lagos calabar coastal road affect all these estates in orchid road?