We were used to traffic jams in the city of Douala but Yaounde for a while now has taken over.
Whether you go by foot, motor bike or by car no matter the means of transport, the situation is the same, no way to circulate. More and more vehicles and less developed roads even the police authorities have trouble getting through.
How can we explain that we spend more than 2 hours on site just to get into the city of Yaounde or to move from one neighborhood to the other?
From our investigations, we noted that the problem comes first from the lack of roads and the existing ones are in poor conditions, poor urbanization. The asphalting of roads carried out by the public authorities to private partners in charge of public works are done with lightness or without much control from specialized services (LABOGENIE). For example, the road of “Nkolmesseng” a district in Yaounde which had already been asphalted twice is impracticable at present. We also noted the incivism of citizens due to non-compliance with the Rousseau-code, the glut of used cars, corruption just to name these are the main reasons for traffic jams which is a determining factor for delay, economic loses and even loss of lives because even emergency ambulances at times are unable to circulate.
The Public authorities should therefore oversee the execution of road works according to the specification required from the company in charge, limit the importation of old cars and have a better urbanization plan not only in Yaounde but also in the towns of Douala and Bafoussam which are to host the next African Cup of Nations.
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