Why NPA Expressway, Warri is in bad state- Investigation

Amid reports credited to Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan that Warri Port is now the second busiest in Nigeria after Apapa Port, investigations have revealed that the continuous patronage of Warri Port faces a major challenge as a result of the perpetual bad state of the New Port Gate section of NPA Expressway, Warri.

Some road users and Warri Port officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity blamed the Federal and Delta State governments for allowing the condition of the road which serves as major route to Warri Port usually plied by heavy duty vehicles, Warri Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone, the Warri Central Hospital, the proposed Warri Industrial Business Park as well as the main entrance and exit to the Oil City of Warri to get to such a deplorable state.

Investigation reveals that the deplorable state of the road, particularly the section close to the Warri New Port Gate is caused by poor engineering structural layout and blocked outlets where water from the road ought to exit whenever rain falls. Structures have been erected in areas where water from the road are suppose to exit from, while water gather at the middle of the road due to  construction of infrastructures by some individuals and corporate bodies which makes the road slope towards the middle rather than to the water exit holes constructed for that purpose.

Some road users and pedestrian who bare their feelings on the state of the road which is key to the commercial life of the Niger Delta due to the Warri Port location, commended the Delta State government for constructing a stop- gap measure at the Ugbuwangue section  to check the continuous flooding on the road and enjoined the federal government to award the re-construction of the entire stretch of the NPA Expressway, particularly the New Port Gate section to a reputable construction company to save the road from imminent collapse as well as increase commercial activities at Warri Port.  

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