People wey dey pass Lagos-Ibadan road don face serious suffer as traffic jam for Kara Bridge area hold plenty people for almost six hours on Tuesday.
The traffic wahala come because of the work wey dem dey do for Kara Bridge, and when rain begin fall on Wednesday, the matter come worse. The line of vehicles stretch pass 20 kilometres enter Lagos, as cars and buses dey struggle to move.
Because the road don nearly block, some people don begin think of another road wey dem fit use reach where dem dey go. Some people wey dey work for Lagos Island even dey think say make dem no go house that night, but find where dem fit sleep for Lagos rather than enter the road come spend many hours for traffic.
One person from Federal Road Safety Corps, wey no want make dem call im name because e no get permission to talk, say the rain affect the next part of the work.
E explain say dem stop the parts of the work wey rain no allow dem do safely, but workers still continue with the ones wey dem fit handle under the rain.
E say rain affect the work wey dem dey do with cement and stone, but workers still dey carry on with other parts. E add say dem don also begin make hole for the iron joint wey dem wan put for the bridge.
For people wey dey use the road every day, the whole matter don turn serious headache, as many of dem don begin look for longer roads just to escape the traffic.
One person wey dey use the road, Timilehin Adio, say e dey think of passing through Ikorodu and Sagamu whenever e dey go Lagos, while Lekki-Epe road na another road wey e fit use.
E say the work for the bridge don make that part of the road almost impossible to pass easily, and the traffic don become too much for people.
Another person, Saheed, say the traffic on Tuesday hold am for many hours before e finally reach house around 2am.
Saheed, wey dey stay around Mowe for Ogun State and dey work for Lagos Island, say the traffic become worse because plenty vehicles dey come from Lagos.
E say e fit start using Lekki-Epe road or Ikorodu side whenever e dey return home because the traffic for Lagos-Ibadan road don become too much.
Some people wey dey work for Lagos Island also don begin think of staying back for their work place or finding somewhere to sleep for Lagos until the work for the bridge finish.
The traffic come worse because the number of roads wey vehicles fit use around the bridge don reduce.
The first part of the work wey dem dey do with cement for the bridge don already finish. But people wey dey come towards OPIC Turning now get only two roads to pass, while the four roads wey dey enter Ogun State don reduce to two just small distance before the bridge.
As the roads reduce, vehicles begin move slowly, and the traffic jam continue to spread along Lagos-Ibadan road.
People wey dey control traffic and security men still dey different places along the road to control how vehicles dey move and stop the traffic from spread reach other areas.
But rain also affect the work wey some of the people wey dey control traffic dey do.
The traffic wahala don start since Tuesday, when plenty people spend many hours for road because of the bridge work. The long line of vehicles stretch from Kara Bridge for Ogun State reach 7Up area for Lagos.
Federal Government don earlier talk say the work to change the iron joints for Kara-Berger Bridge go last for two weeks, starting from September 8 reach September 22, 2026.
The main reason for the work na to change the old joints wey don spoil, make the bridge safer, protect the strength of the bridge and make movement better for everybody wey dey use Lagos-Ibadan road.
The person wey dey head road work for Ogun State, Michael Komolafe, later talk on Wednesday say the work still move forward even though rain fall.
Komolafe say the cement and stone work don finish before rain start. E say e even join the workers cover the place so rain no go spoil the work wey dem don already do.
E say the first part of the work for that day don finish before rain start, and workers don already begin open another part when the rain come.
Komolafe add say dem don arrange everything wey dem need to make sure say the bridge work finish before September 22, as dem don plan.
