{"id":4682,"date":"2022-10-09T17:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T17:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=4682"},"modified":"2022-11-21T21:02:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:02:08","slug":"koton-karfe-road-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/koton-karfe-road-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood Receding, Traffic Gridlock Thinning Out at Koton-Karfe &#8211; Road Safety\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Traffic gridlock occasioned by massive <a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2022\/11\/16\/dredging-river-niger-will-avert-flood-crises-ohimege\/\">flooding<\/a> at Koton Karfe on the Abuja Lokoja Highway is thinning out, Acting Corps Marshal Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC Mr Dauda Biu has said. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8080026755787218\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8080026755787218\" data-ad-slot=\"7193833156\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FRSC spokesman, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem quoted Biu as saying on Sunday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/amp\/s\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-63262391.amp\">water level<\/a> had continued to recede at the flooded portions of the road in Koton Karfe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday that another broken down truck was towed off the road on Sunday, while traffic had been moving under the guidance and control of FRSC operatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe military, FRSC and Civil Defence towed two articulated trucks that combined with the flood to render the road impassable away from the road on Saturday<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe trucks, one with NNPC inscription on it and another articulated vehicle broke down almost adjacent each other at Koton Karfe on Friday, resulting in a total blockage of the flooded highway.\u201c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kazeem stated that as at Sunday trucks are being passed in turns with priority given to 150 trucks heading to Abuja.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPalliative measures are being taken in conjunction with the National Union of Road Transport Workers to cover deep potholes with stones to enhance freer movement<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe queue of trucks outbound Abuja which stretched up to Gegu on the highway has reduced to Gapa close to Koton Karfe,\u201d he stated<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kazeem quoted Biu as still pleading with road users particularly truck drivers to use alternative routes to further reduce the Koton Karfe-Lokoja gridlock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traffic gridlock occasioned by massive flooding at Koton Karfe on the Abuja Lokoja Highway is thinning out, Acting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[931,63,176],"class_list":{"0":"post-4682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-gridlock","8":"tag-koton-karfe","9":"tag-road-safety"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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