Motorists, merchants and residents alongside the Ikpoba-Okha/Uhumwonde Native Council boundary hall on the Benin-Agbor Street have continued to lament the sluggish and chaotic spate of repairs on the federal freeway, which, they stated, is damaging their autos, disrupting transport, enterprise actions, and basic livelihoods.
Regardless of ongoing rehabilitation works by the Benin-Asaba Expressway Concession Firm Restricted, street customers say the efforts are shifting too slowly to handle the worsening situations.
The street, which has proven indicators of extreme put on and failure since 2018, when the previous Governor, Godwin Obaseki, labelled it a federal street, has deteriorated through the years attributable to poor drainage design and lack of upkeep.
A bit of the street, stretching from the Christ Chosen Church of God fundamental gate by means of Guinness Warehouse and Winners Chapel as much as Jehovah Junction, has been excavated, leaving deep gullies that usually trigger heavy-duty autos, comparable to trailers, to fall.
A resident of Ikhueniro close to the unhealthy stretch, Frederick Asuen, stated that since shifting into his condo in 2023, each day commuting has grow to be a wrestle. “Since I moved into my condo in 2023, it has been a nightmare coming into the town and going again house on the shut of labor.
“I needed to go away my automotive, an SUV, at house to make use of public transport. That’s after repeated breakdowns contained in the gullies and costly journeys to my mechanic,” he stated.
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