Council tasks government on congested Apapa port road

Chairman, Ports Consultative Council (PCC), Chief Kunle Folarin, has urged the Federal Government to address the perennial gridlock on the access road leading to the ports.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos that the road linking the Apapa gateway would continue to fail owing to the frequency and volume of usage.

He explained that when the volume was low, there was no traffic.

Folarin said: “How many people have vehicles 20 to 30 years ago?

“Now, we are importing over one million fairly used vehicles through the ports and borders every year.”

“The volume of traffic of vehicles has increased.

“The roads must expand beyond the only one road that leads to Tin-Can port, the only one road that leads to the facility for the past 30 years.”