New barrier that was fixed overnight has been destroyed


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASo2LBmo59M?si=RsbQyI5ndezkMI4N

@followlastma @Mr_JAGs @lagospedia

We have the driver and the truck, it happened this early morning.

naptu2:
I'd like to see how they'll enforce it because this is not the first time that a government is banning trucks from the flyovers in Lagos.

naptu2:
This truck accident at Ojuelegba has reminded me of the part of Bola Tinubu's war with the NURTW that I rarely write about. I have often written about the City Bus experiment, the war against agberos, the MOT issue, etc. but I rarely write about this part of the problem.


Governor Bola Tinubu decided that Danfos were one of the major causes of traffic jams on Lagos roads and that it was very dangerous for heavy duty vehicles to ply the many flyovers in the city, so he erected overhead bars at the entrances to most of the flyovers in Lagos.

You see, danfo buses usually convert the entrances to these flyovers into bus stops, which cause traffic jams and delay other road users, while heavy duty vehicles cause a huge strain on the flyovers and quite often fall off the bridges. Private vehicles, which are shorter than the buses and trucks, would be able to freely use the flyovers, while the buses and trucks would use the road below.


However, NURTW agberos, bus and truck drivers did not like this idea. Quite often drivers of heavy duty vehicles used their vehicles to destroy the overhead bars, while agberos and other thugs cut the bars in the middle of the night. The government often spent a lot of money replacing these bars until one day it finally gave up and stopped replacing them.


We are experiencing a similar problem in Lekki Phase 1. LCC built a pedestrian bridge to enable people cross the expressway. They also erected a metal fence in the median of the expressway to stop people running across and endangering their lives. You will not believe the number of times that people have destroyed that fence. LCC also stationed Man O War officials to arrest people that are jaywalking (or jayrunning), but this has not stopped the problem. People still destroyed the fence in the middle of the night. Now it seems like LCC have given up. They haven't replaced the fence in quite a while.

naptu2:
Aha! This is what I was referring to. Luckily I've gotten a picture of it from Google maps.


The Bola Tinubu Administration put up these barriers to stop trucks and buses from using the flyover. It was not the first administration to do so. I know that a previous administration put up much larger and stronger barriers in the 1970s, but I can't remember who was governor at the time.

This particular barrier is at the flyover at Jibowu and it was put up by the Tinubu Administration, but see what is left of it. I remember clearly that this barrier was replaced several times when Tinubu was governor, but people kept removing it. All that is left is the posts. Every single time that it was replaced, people kept cutting off the barrier and leaving those two posts. They kept doing it until it got to a point that the government got fed up and left it like that.

You can see the yellow and black posts on either side of the road just before the bridge.

naptu2:
This is the Ojuelegba Flyover. The same flyover from which the truck fell. You can see the yellow posts on the left and right (just above the minibus), but the barrier has been cut and removed.

naptu2:
Previous threads about the frequent accidents at Ojuelegba Bridge.

2023

Container Falls On A Fully Loaded Bus At Ojuelegba Bridge, Lagos
https://www.nairaland.com/7546032/container-falls-fully-loaded-bus

2022

Truck Falls Off Ojuelegba Bridge.
https://www.nairaland.com/7059798/truck-falls-off-ojuelegba-bridge

2019

Container Falls Off Ojuelegba Bridge In Lagos (photos)
https://www.nairaland.com/5174717/container-falls-off-ojuelegba-bridge


2018

The Reports Of The Accident At Ojuelegba Under Bridge
https://www.nairaland.com/4571949/reports-accident-ojuelegba-under-bridge


2017

Truck Falls On Ojuelegba Bridge Again Due To Brake Failure
https://www.nairaland.com/3556885/truck-falls-ojuelegba-bridge-again


2016

Truck Tumbles On A Bridge At Abalti Barracks This Morning
https://www.nairaland.com/2841108/truck-tumbles-bridge-abalti-barracks


2015

Container Fell Down From Ojuelegba Bridge (Photos)
https://www.nairaland.com/2571336/container-fell-down-ojuelegba-bridge

and so on and so forth.

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