Edo: Motorists groan over deplorable roads

Okpebholo

Motorists plying the Government Reservation Area, Benin, Edo State, have continued to groan over the deplorable state of the roads.

With the rainy season peaking and most of the area without drainage, a PUNCH Metro correspondent who visited the area on Tuesday discovered that most of the roads are now full of potholes, while some have turned into mini ponds after heavy rain.

Our correspondent graphically observed that the issue was made worse as transporters now use the GRA to link the farther parts of Sapele Road through the Country Home Road to avoid the bad spots on the Benin-Sapele Road.

A drive around the GRA shows the level of decay. Boundary Road towards Adesuwa Road and Airport is always waterlogged when it rains with the water receding after three or four days.

A commuter who spoke to our correspondent noted that the Ihama Road “is also not spared as it is almost completely cut off close to Adesuwa Road; the same for Akhionbare Road.

“The same situation plays out along Giwa Amu Road from the Airport Port Road end, and Gapiona Road, where floodwater has formed artificial lakes, subjecting motorists to hardship as they meander through the ponds.

“Almost all the roads around Commercial Avenue, where the official lodge of the Deputy Governor is located, the tail end of Golf Road by the 4th Brigade Headquarters gate, Aiguobaswin Crescent and the adjoining roads, are filled with potholes and always flooded after it rains.” Punch