Kola, Mosalashi Alagbado portion on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway case of infrastructure collapsed beyond pardon
By Kemi Kasumu
There are two major vital bus stops along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Lagos coming and going towards Ikeja and Oshodi: Moshalashi Bus Stop and Kola Bus Stop on the Alagbado/Alakuko axis.
This portion of the high way is in bad shape presently, so much that it is beginning to be difficult imagining that citizens living in that area and road users plying the route are actually in what is popularly called the Centre of Excellence.
At over 50 years of creation, it is below expectation that the stretch between Ikeja, the seat of government of the state which is only some 10 minutes to the boundary with Ogun State, Toll Gate, will still be in such bad shape at a time like this when governance or project monitoring is easily done with the aid of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
The DEFENDER reports calls going to Federal and Lagos State governments to rise to this occasion and fix the road damage, that also affects the junction adjoining the AIT/Raypower stations in the area.
While appreciating the good work of government across Nigeria, especially in other parts of Lagos State, citizens who use the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway are calling the attention of authorities to the unexplainable infrastructure breakdown on the much busy road.
The worst of the sections on the road is Kola and Mosalashi Alagbado axis, which has led to container-loaded trucks and other utility vehicles now falling on one another causing damages to properties and injuries to people.
At Moshalashi Bus Stop in the area, lorries loaded with goods of various types have fallen daily and for the last seven consecutive days, eyewitness accounts told The DEFENDER.
One of the, a pharmacist who spoke during a visit to the damaged portion yesterday, said: “As far as we are concerned in this area, we are cut off from other parts of Lagos and Nigeria. And because of this, transporters are making life difficult for citizens hiking transport fares and then this lead to inflation as prices of everything go up.”
