One problem faced by almost every large city is traffic congestion. What do you think the causes are? What solutions can you suggest?

Traffic

congestion has become a major problem in most cities

as a result

of bad

roads

and non-functional

traffic

light

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.

However

,

this

can be solved by

construction

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the construction

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of good

roads

and

provision

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the provision

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of

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by the government. To start with, one of the major reasons for

traffic

in cities

are

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bad

roads

.To elucidate

further

, the city

centers

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are badly damaged with potholes and the

the

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roads

are narrow

this

made most drivers

to

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drive at a slow pace and carefully in order to avoid being trapped in the potholes

hence

, if they drive without caution their vehicles will get spoilt.

As a result

of doing

this

other cars behind will cue up waiting thereby causing congestion on the

road

.

For example

, a survey conducted by the chairman of

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safety corps

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Safety Corps

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Imo chapter revealed that the rate of

traffic

in

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Owerri is outrageous

as a result

of multiple potholes on the

road

.He

further

said that it

get

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worse during the rainy season.

Secondly

, most of the

traffic

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are not functioning.

In other

words

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most people want to meet up at their various places of work,

they

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lack patience and want to move at once without allowing other cars to take turns by so doing it leads to

road

blockage because every vehicle moves at once.

Therefore

, spoilt

roads

and bad

traffic

light

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contributes

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to

road

traffic

.

Nevertheless

, there are several solutions to reduce

hold-up

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in

the

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urban areas.

Firstly

, the government should ensure that

road

project

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are given to a proficient contractor and it is well built with solid materials to avoid breakage. To illustrate, after the construction of the central

road

that leads to

market

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in my area by Julius and co group of companies a

well known

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contractor

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there has been no record of

road

-block and breakage.

Secondly

,

traffic

lights should be

be

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built

in

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all the major

roads

in the city and a fine should be given to offenders . If these measures are implemented there will be

reduction

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a reduction

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of

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road

congestion. In conclusion,

traffic-jam

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in the metropolis

is

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are

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caused by spoilt

road

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roads

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and bad

traffic

light

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signal,

however

, the authorities should build good

roads

and make provisions for

traffic

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.