Kasoa tollbooth to be relocated – Roads Minister

• Posted on April 12, 2021April 12, 2021
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
• Comment

Roads Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta has indicated of his ministry’s determination to improve the traffic situation in the western part of the region, with the possible relocation and expansion of the Kasoa tollbooth.

In an interview with the press on the sidelines of a strategic management workshop between the ministry and various agencies in the roads sector, Mr Amoako Atta hinted that “studies are going on.”
“On the Winneba-bound road, beyond the last booth, there’s a deep valley, so it’s difficult to expand it. It’s not just filling a portion of the valley and putting the toll booth there. You need a road there, and it’s a big valley. It’s hilly on the other side, and when you go past that there’s a settlement, so we are limited.
“As at now we only have three roads on each side. Assuming we had six roads on each side, distribution of vehicles would have been doubled and it will ease the traffic. Increasing it will mean widening the road, so you need to site it at a place where you can get the land space.”
We are looking at it – if it means relocation. That road is part of the roads targeted for dualisation, so if we get the appropriate place, as part of resolving the problem of congestion, we may have to.”
At the same programme, the Minister indicated that some aspects of the roads construction which had previously been overlooked as specialist areas, such as road line markings and the construction of barriers, will now be given to specialised contractors to do.
Addressing the heads and engineers of the various agencies under the ministry, he advised, “Think of having specialists among our contractors. Why is it that we cannot have contractors who are specialised in road line markings? Why should we leave it to individual contractors? Currently, individual contractors take it upon themselves to do the road markings.
“Why don’t we get people who will specialise in the provision of road furniture? Road furniture gets damaged, and for months, for years, they don’t get fixed.”

From Selorm GBORBIDZI, Koforidua