In order to ensure sanity and save the lives of road users in Awka, the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, ACTDA, has banned in its entirety, the crossing of Enugu-Onitsha express road by UNIZIK junction Awka through the drainage channels, rather than making use of the pedestrian bridge.
The exercise according to the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Mr. Ossy Onuko is to prevent accidents that most times result in fatalities as well as ensure discipline in the areas.
Mr. Onuko while saying that any defaulter will pay five thousand naira fine, wondering why people will abandon the pedestrian bridge which has been provided by the State government and be endangering their lives along the expressway.
The ACTDA boss warned road users to abide by the new directive as the agency has established a well-fortified enforcement team that will apprehend anybody who goes against the new order no matter how highly placed.
He made it clear that ACTDA has chased out those trading on top of the pedestrian bridge as well as that the bridge is constantly neat.
Commending ACTDA for a job well done, Chief Joseph Udoba said that it baffles him how people endanger their precious lives on the express road, urging them to sustain the tempo.
For a trader, Mrs Anyanti Adenike, the five-thousand-naira penalty for offenders is a welcome development, as it will help to deter people from crossing through the drainage channels, especially in this harsh economy.
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