Illegal parking, roadside trading worsen traffic congestion across Osogbo

Motorists and commuters successful Osogbo, the Osun State capital, person raised concerns implicit expanding postulation congestion caused by amerciable parking, roadside trading, and indiscriminate rider loading connected large roads crossed the metropolis.

The activities, peculiarly during evening unreserved hours, person continued to obstruct postulation movement, with motorists complaining that roads expanded and rehabilitated by the authorities authorities are gradually losing their capableness to accommodate traffic.

DAILY POST observed that astatine Olonkoro, Ayetoro, Igbona, Odi-Olowo, Ota-Efun and Ajegunle on the Osogbo-Ikirun Road, commercialized buses routinely halt connected the highways to prime up passengers, portion illegally parked vehicles and treble parking unit different motorists to marque abrupt lane changes.

The concern has reportedly turned immoderate abbreviated journeys into prolonged trips, with commuters spending much than an hr navigating definite engaged routes during highest periods.

A regular commuter, Anthony Alo, said the concern had go frustrating contempt improvements successful roadworthy infrastructure crossed the authorities capital.

"The concern is frustrating due to the fact that the roads are nary longer arsenic constrained arsenic they erstwhile were," Alo said.

He explained that motorists travelling towards Igbona, Ayetoro and Orisunbare present walk much clip navigating the affected routes, peculiarly successful the evenings erstwhile workers instrumentality home.

Alo called connected the authorities to conception designated autobus stops astatine ...