Traffic situation on the busy Lekki-Epe Expressway worsened on Monday due to a downpour in the early hours of the day.
Some motorists who were on their way to their offices, were caught in the gridlock, which lasted for hours.
Our correspondent learnt that commuters, who make use of the road regularly, had been passing through harrowing experiences in their daily routine, due to the unabated traffic congestion on the road.
An engineer with a construction firm, Mr. Samuel Ajayi, who said he had spent two hours on the road between Ajah and First Roundabout, claimed that the traffic situation was compounded by flood.
He said, �We have always been having traffic congestion on this road, but the one this morning is with a difference. You can see that the whole road is flooded.
�The government will need to do something about the road and the drainage system in this area quickly.�
Ajayi, who said the road was constructed over 20 years ago, added that the government did not anticipate the rapid development that had come to the area.
Another resident of Femi Okunnu Estate, who works on Victoria Island, Mr. Johnson Ibiyemi, urged the Lagos State Government to expedite action on the resumption of the construction of a coastal road to ease the traffic bottleneck in the area.
A commercial bus operator, Mr. Michael Olufuwa, explained that commercial transporters were running at a loss because of the persistent traffic congestion on the road.
It will be recalled that the state Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said in August that his administration had committed about N2.3bn to upgrade the value of the facilities in the area, which he claimed had �become the fastest growing real estate corridors in Africa.�
In a related development, motorists had a hectic time plying the Ahmadu Bello Road, Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday.
The traffic jam was caused by the ongoing repair work being carried out at the Bar Beach as a well as flood which was caused by the early morning rainfall in the area.
Our correspondent, who monitored events on the road which houses liaison offices of many state governments in the country, saw many workers stranded in the traffic.
As a result of the Phase 1 Shoreline Protection Work being caried out under the supervision of the state Waterfront and Tourism Development Corporation, one of the two lanes on the road had already been closed to traffic.
At the end of the rainfall on Monday, the only lane available to motorists had been flooded, forcing motorists to meander their ways and causing serious traffic jam.
The 12-month shoreline protection work is expected to be completed on December 12.
Mr. Femi Odunlade, an employee of a second generation bank in the area, told our correspondent that those who ply the road had been having hectic time since the commencement of the repair work at the beach.
He wondered why the repair work could not be carried out without closing a portion of the road.
He expressed optimisim that the situation could be brought under control if traffic wardens and officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority were drafted to the road.