Environment Taskforce Set To Checkmate Traffic Congestion In Warri Metropolis, Begins tow of vehicles illegally parked along roadside

Environment Taskforce Set To Checkmate Traffic Congestion In Warri Metropolis, Begins tow of vehicles illegally parked along roadside

The State Environment Taskforce says it will henceforth take action against all those obstructing vehicular movement on the roads in and around Warri Metropolis.

The warning was made Friday when members of the taskforce embarked on a road clearing mission particularly in areas where the roads are often congested and cause accidents. 

Specifically, the team was at Airport Road, Jakpa Road and Refinery roads where it was observed that motorists block the road recklessly thereby obstructing the free flow of traffic.

Taskforce Chairman, Honorable Sylvester Oromoni insisted on the need to Checkmate the spare of indiscriminate parking on the road as well as other vices that often hold up the road, a situation that affects the economic prosperity of the area.

He warned that the days of reckless driving in the area were numbered as those caught will be made to face the full weight of the law. 

According to the chairman, ' what we are seeing in Warri is not acceptable and we have resolved to bring a stop to it by insisting that motorists obey simple traffic rules '. 

Continuing, he said, ' we cannot compromise on safety on the roads, other road users have a right to enjoy a free flow of traffic and government must step in to create a level playing field for everybody '. 

Honorable Oromoni also frowned at the way most car dealers display their vehicles on the road insisting that they too have become a source of pain to other road users.

According to him, "government did not ask you to display your vehicles on the road. Your action is illegal and causes congestion as the right of way is blocked." 

He warned that the State Environment Taskforce will henceforth tow vehicles parked without further notice as the patrol and visit to the car dealer shops was adequate notice. 

The team was led by Comrade Kingsley Iweka who serves as the Co-ordinator Delta Central and South of the State Environment Taskforce. 

It will be recalled that the team visited Robinson plaza recently where a similar warning was handed down after it was observed that visitors to the plaza park their vehicles on the Okumagbe Avenue road leading to traffic congestion on that axis of the road.