Osolo Way residents raise alarm over missing barricades
By Damilola Kushimo
Residents and road users along Osolo Way, Isolo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have raised alarm over the missing barricades to aid road users from entering potholes expressing the fear that the repairs may never happen.
ECHONEWS reported, last week, that barricade such as red tape and signposts that read “Caution: Men at work; Keep Left.” “Men at work; slow down,” were put around the spoilt portions of the road, but no repair has been carried out on the accident-causing crack.
A roadside vulcanizer working on the curb who simply identified himself as Saheed informed that scavengers – the abokis who hunt for condemn irons, have been caught on many occasions trying to steal the signposts put around the spots.
He said no accident has been caused by the barricaded spots though; they have increased traffic congestion on the expressway, especially in the morning and at the closing hours in the evening.
“Seeing the signposts and the red tapes tied around the spoilt spots, we felt eased, thinking that repair work would begin immediately but nothing has been done on the road since about three weeks ago. Some Abokis have been caught in the act of stealing the irons.
“Though, for like two weeks now no accident has happened and that’s because of the red tape and the tyres we put around the spot, I can say that a hell of traffic congestion occurs here always especially in the morning and evening time.”
It was noted that the damaged portions of the road have gone deeper and spread to cover almost half of the two-way expressway, causing heavy traffic congestion.
