After many months of darkness on the Madina-Adentan highway, the streetlights are finally up and functioning. After weeks of protests by residents in that area, government seems to have finally listened to their plea and fixed the non-functioning streetlights. The absence of these lights and other road signs, including footbridges, have contributed to the over … Read more
A young lady was on Friday night knocked down by a car on the Adenta stretch of the Madina-Adenta-Aburi highway. The lady, popularly referred to as Ataa, was crossing the Madina-Adenta-Aburi highway with the boyfriend at the area near the SDA Intersection when the vehicle knocked her down at about 8pm. Passers-by claim that another … Read more
In an effort to curb the rampant spate of accidents on the N1 highway, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikoi Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah has petitioned the Ministry of Roads and Highways for more footbridges on the highway. According to the Police, since it’s commissioning, over 200 pedestrians have died, majority of who were … Read more
The footbridge at Adum in the Central Business District of the Ashanti Region is scheduled to be closed to hawkers and pedestrians on Monday, May 22. The footbridge is due for repair works based on the advice of engineers of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). The bridge has developed deep cracks which require urgent attention, … Read more
Mayor of Accra, Mohamed Adjei Sowah has stated that government will help improve the capacity of city guards in order to aid the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) in their operations to enhance safety on our roads. Speaking at a Press Conference held by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly in Accra, he stated that the … Read more
Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for the enforcement of road traffic regulations to drastically reduce the spate of motor accidents and the consequent deaths and injuries in the country. They again charged the Ghana National Roads Safety Commission (GRSC) to intensify education on road traffic regulations, and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) … Read more
The Ashanti Regional office of the Urban Roads Department is asking police to arrest pedestrians who refuse to use the Tech junction foot bridge. The bridge was constructed some two years ago to ease vehicular traffic and to secure the safety of pedestrians crossing the dual carriage to enter the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science … Read more
A footbridge linking the Kumasi Central Market to Adum and other parts of the central business district risk collapse if immediate action is not taken by city authorities to clear hawkers off the facility. The Kumasi railways footbridge, which was inaugurated in October 2013 to ease movement of pedestrians across the railway lines between Adum … Read more
A footbridge linking the Kumasi Central Market to Adum and other parts of the central business district risk collapse if immediate action is not taken by city authorities to clear hawkers off the facility. The Kumasi railways footbridge, which was inaugurated in October 2013 to ease movement of pedestrians across the railway lines between Adum … Read more
Government has reiterated its promise to construct more footbridges over the N1 highway in Accra. Since it opened to motorists in February 2012, a lot of pedestrians have been killed due to the absence of footbridges and proper Zebra crossing signs on the highway. Addressing residents of the city on his campaign tour in the … Read more