CCMA to educate drivers on names of streets

The Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly would soon embark on the education of commercial drivers on the names of both old and new streets in the Metropolis.

This would make them conversant with the names of the streets and also enable them to go about their businesses without any stress.

Mrs. Priscilla Arhin-Korankye, Metropolitan Chief Executive, made this known on Tuesday in Cape Coast when she inspected the progress of work on the street naming and property numbering exercise in the Metropolis.

She expressed satisfaction with the work done so far and gave the assurance that with the progress on work, the Assembly would beat the 18 months deadline given for the completion of the programme.

Mrs. Arhin-Korankye said the street naming in Cape Coast south was completed while that of Cape Coast North was about 95 per cent complete.

She explained that the street naming delayed in the north because there are fewer main roads in the area with many of them being alley-ways and that the stakeholders also delayed in presenting the appropriate names to be used for the exercise.

She further stated that the street naming exercise would have been completed by now but that initially there were problems coming up with the appropriate names to be used, stressing that in some cases the names of the streets had to be changed more than once.

The MCE said the names of some streets in Cape Coast south had to be changed in honour of some personalities, like the commercial street called Evans Atta Mills Avenue, Governor Garden road now Emimtsimadze Palace drive, Part of Bakaano road now Bonn City road and the second Sarbah road now Cardinal Turkson road.

She advised the public to endeavor to study the names of the streets to make it easier for them to move around in town.

Mrs. Arhin-Korankye underscored the importance of the street naming and property numbering exercise, stressing that apart from the assembly getting to know its property, it would also help with the collection of revenue and other taxes.