Koforidua-Mamfi road in bad shape

Koforidua, Sept. 26, GNA- Alhaji Sumaila Mahama, chairman of the Koforidua Trotro Drivers Union of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union, (GPRTU), on Tuesday appealed to the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA) to rehabilitate the Koforidua-Mamfi road to prevent motor accidents.

He said the road had developed deep potholes, posing danger to pedestrians, drivers and passengers adding that drivers attempted to avoid potholes when overtaking each other.

Alhaji Mahama, who said these in an interview with GNA at Koforidua, also complained that parts of the road were covered with sand deposited through erosion, making it too narrow for vehicular movement. He appealed to the GHA to cut branches of trees spreading to the road after the Nsubeto bridge and to erect visible road signs along the road to guide drivers and pedestrians.

Alhaji Mahama suggested the extension of the safety barriers along the Nyamebekyere Hill to the Nsubeto bridge to prevent vehicles from skidding off the road into the valley.

He also called for the construction of safety barriers along both sides of the road at Mampong Nkwanta to prevent vehicle from crushing into houses along the road.