Logbaba -PK 8 Road in Bad Shape

The road has developed potholes and vehicles cannot ply through easily.

The road linking main neighbourhoods in Douala, Logbaba and Pk 8 is in a very bad shape, making it difficult for vehicles to use the lane. The road which is a busy one has developed very big potholes filled up with rain water that can last in the holes for up to three days after a heavy down pour. Sometimes if one watches the cars passing on the road, especially the heavy duty vehicles, it is as if the carriage will fall off.
The main cause of the road being in this state is because the waterway which passes under the road has been blocked because of waste which inhabitants have been throwing inside the waterway. They have used it with a ditch and now the consequences are there. When it rains heavily as it used to do sometimes in Douala, water piles up like a heap and cannot find a passage so it flows to the road and covers the passage and this continuous action produces the pot holes on the road and a degradation of the tar on the road. Though there are gutters on the road they are not of any help because the waterway has been blocked by human activities.
A trader who has his store facing directly on the road and not up to 100metres away from the degraded spot of the road, Lazare Demise, said they are equally tormented as the road. He said from time to time, they who have their activities near by the road crave soil and throw on the road to make it better. But when the rains come it washes it away.
He also explained that when it rains heavy and the road is flooded it is capable of drowning children or the flowing water can sweep away children. He added that they have had cases like that in the past. What is dangerous about this situation is that it is a road used frequently by cars, heavy duty vehicles from companies around the area and even pedestrians, so there is a need for refurbishing the road.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO
The road cries out for help.