I guess the saying "there is a price for everything" is true.
The pain that comes with innovation sometimes is so harsh you might faint during the waiting time and all you have to sacrifice to see it through.
I recently moved to a new part of my town Port Harcourt or as we call it PHcity.
Recently for about 2 years now they have been series of projects going on in the town and one of such is the construction of flyovers across the city.
From 2020 up until now, about 8 flyovers have been built across major intersections in the city and the latest of such is the newly approved project which just happen to be on the road leading to my area.
If you live in Nigeria you will be familiar with these terms go slow, hold up, road don block, traffic jam and so on... thy all represent different levels of traffic.
The road to my area is always clustered with people and vehicles because its the best rout to bypass into and out of the city also because of a major local market in that area the traffic is always congested.
Therefore the construction of a flyover in that area is not just important but so crucial and a big uplifting to the people living and using that road as we have seen in areas where such projects have been completed.
So how does something this beautiful become a problem🤔
Have you ever trekked 1.5 kilometers before? well that's the distance I'm to trek anytime I decide to go my place of work.
This morning when I woke up, I started making preparations to go to church and when I finally hit the road my joy soon came to a pause as I was forced to trek across the
location of the construction of a flyover because the roads are all blocked and all the vehicles use a different rout and the fastest way across is if you would walk it.
Now transportation is more expensive because I have to take a drop from my house to the place the road was blocked then trek 1.5 kilometers then take another cab to the junction where I take another cab to my final destination.
The project is to last for about 1 year and that means if I do not relocate, I would have to go through this stress for the rest of the year but the good thing is that after this time of stress, the road will be free and all of us will benefit from it. Another great challenge in this part of the city is rain😥 sometimes it seems there is no season for rain because it can go on for days and when that happens everywhere is flooded, when it starts the difficulty increases because you won't even be able to trek through because everywhere will be filled with mud and life will be more miserable
I've been in this city for about 8 years now and I know my way around most of the city and really there are options, alternate routs I can take but the issue is all this other options now are so congested because they are the only available routs and everyone is using them including heavy duty trucks.
I guess there is little or nothing I can do about that now except to embrace the process, endure the trekking until completion. We really have been anticipating this project, we love it.
Today I appreciate whoever initiated the project because it is not easy in Nigeria to see the government doing things to benefit the masses so this one is a plus for them. Though for now we are not enjoying and I believe that is what makes life unique because when it is set I will be among the happiest people using it...
I'm glad it's happening..