FIXING THE LAGOS-BADAGRY EXPRESSWAY | THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
The Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Nigeria’s busiest land entry route, is well positioned to bring great glory and gains to the country. But rather than being instrumental to huge economic, social and cultural benefits, its perennial squalid condition has continued to cause unprecedented agony, losses and disgrace. Anything short of a decisive approach to its reconstruction would betray a lack of appreciation of the despicable status of the highway and its multiple consequences.
The potholes and crater-like pits, which have become permanent features of many parts of the road, hamper vehicular movement that worsens when they bear puddles during the rainy season. The entire stretch from Mile Two, through Agbara to Badagry and then to Seme, the border post at the Republic of Benin end, the expressway constantly hosts gridlocks, in addition to being a death trap.
The gravity of these repercussions must not be ignored. Remarkably, the frustration of the public on this matter appears to be reaching its peak. While addressing a protest embarked upon the other day by students and civil society organisations, President of Women Arise for Change, Dr Joe Odumakin, aptly described the highway as a gateway of pain and anguish. “A lot of people are dying on the road. Tourism has almost collapsed.
In many ways, the sordid state of the road is truly humiliating and self-cheating. Being the Nigerian section of the Trans-West African highway that links Lagos to Dakar in Senegal via Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, it is a critical aspect of sub-regional integration.
Renewed vision and vitality are needed to fix this quagmire before it becomes completely hopeless. Other major development projects in the area like the 2.6 billion dollar Badagry Deep Sea Port, when fully operational, can compound the already suffocating traffic crisis if it is not adequately tackled soon. Because of the protracted nature of this predicament, many Nigerians are sceptical of government’s seriousness and capacity to end it.
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