Tag Archives: ROAD

Truck carting plantain involved in accident on Accra-Nsawam road

A motor accident has occurred on the Accra-Nsawam Road, GhanaWeb has learnt. The incident which occurred at around 4:00pm on Saturday involved a truck carting plantain which was heading towards the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. GhanaWeb’s Daniel Sackitey who was on the scene shortly after the incident occurred was told by eyewitnesses that …

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Builders and funeral organisers arrested for blocking road

The Ministry of Roads and Highways Working Committee recently inaugurated for the protection of public roads, has caused the arrest of some builders and funeral organisers in Accra. According to the Chairman of the Committee, Dr Kaziyir Adam Bonaa, the suspects were arrested for engaging in various acts that amounted …

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Four perish in road crash at Juaso

Four people have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a sprinter bus and an articulated truck at Juaso in the Asante-Akim South District. The sprinter, with registration number AK 316 -22, is reported to have overtaken a vehicle in a curve just when the truck emerged from the opposite …

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You’ll receive your payment when E-levy is passed – Road Minister tell contractors

Looks like the Nana Akuffo Addo led government is bent on passing the E-levy tax despite calls by the majority of Ghanaians that they are not going to pay and the minority in Parliament should make sure the bill is not approved. A new comment from the Minister of Roads …

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Ghana takes decisive steps to reduce high rate of road carnage

The Government is taking steps to review road traffic regulations in the country, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister of Transport, has said. “We have commenced a process to review the Road Traffic Act, 2004 (Act 683), and the Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 L.I.2180, to keep up with the changing …

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Broken down truck causes heavy traffic on Amasaman-Nsawam road

The Ghana Police Service has announced that Traffic Police Officers are currently directing traffic caused by a loaded articulated truck obstructing Nsawam-Kumasi bound vehicles at Samsam junction, Medie, between Amasaman and Nsawam on the N6. According to a post on Facebook, the police have contacted Road Safety Management Services Limited …

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‘Circle Dubai’, Ring Road flyover projects cost GH¢268m, Pokuase interchange US$73m – Amoako-Attah

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has told parliament that the combined cost of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle interchange (Circle Dubai) and Ring Road flyover projects was GH¢268,159,470.20. According to him, the two projects were together known as the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange. He said while the construction of …

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‘Ugly policeman, I will transfer you to Enchi’ – Sekondi-Takoradi MCE fumes over road checks

PLAY VIDEOClick Here to Watch in Twi   The Chief Executive of the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (S.T.M.A), Abdul- Mummin Issah, is heard in an audio hurling insults at a senior Police officer performing road check duties. Inspector Sarfo Andrews and his team were on routine snap check at 8:30 …

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Former Prez Kufour blocks public road for estate project

Ashanti Regional Director of the Urban Road says the road was constructed illegally   Former President John Agyekum Kufour has allegedly blocked a major road that connects commuters to other areas with a wall ostensibly for an estate project. The blocked road connects State Experimental Basic School, Ashanti Regional Coordinating …

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Adam Bonaa arrests another driver spilling concrete on tarred road

Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bonaa has performed yet another act of citizen vigilantism barely a week after effecting a citizen’s arrest of some lawbreakers. Dr Bonaa on Saturday, January 22, 2022, arrested a driver and his Chinese boss after he saw them driving in a concrete mixing truck and discharging …

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