Road users
and traders at the Ladipo Spare-parts Market at Toyota bus-stop, on
Oshodi-Apapa expressway in Mushin area of Lagos State have raised the alarm
over
burst pipe flooding the entry point into the market and causing a crater
on the road.
The spot has
become a mini-pool and a place where commercial motorcyclists wash their bikes
after the close of work.
The burst
pipe, which many traders blame on the firm handling the reconstruction of the
Ladipo-Mushin road, Stefanutti Stocks Limited, has been left to spill its
content into the road for the past three weeks unabated.
According to
them, the situation is causing pains for commuters and motorists plying the
road daily, and if not urgently addressed might result in more damage to the
road.
Some
traders, who spoke with The Guardian said pipes damaged by activities of the
construction firm and network companies burying their cables, have been a
regular occurrence in the area, after which they always abandon the area.
When The
Guardian visited the site of Stefanutti Stocks, one of the workers blamed the
broken pipes on another construction company (name withheld). “They damaged it
and didn’t repair it. That is why we started our reconstruction of the drainage
from Ladipo, away from the pipes, thinking they will come back to fix it but
they never came.”
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