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BY: Joshua Bediako Koomson
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The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) is set to relocate some traders from the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra to the Adjen Kotoku Market in the Ga West Municipality.
The move is to ease congestion and ensure free flow of vehicular traffic within Accra.
The targeted groups are traders who engage in bulk breaking activities in some of the busy markets in the metropolis.
The market
The Adjen Kotoku Market, which is a bulk breaking market complex, was started in 2008 and completed in 2011.
It was originally built to accommodate traders in the Agbogbloshie Market to ease congestion in the area.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, has charged corporate institutions within the capital to bear some level of responsibility and support the sanitation campaign under the “Make Accra Work” project.
To this end, the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly will ensure that corporate bodies who leave their gutters choked and allow scrap dealers to operate on their frontages would be fined.
Mr Quartey made the call at a stakeholder meeting ahead of a decongestion exercise along the Accra-UTC road to the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange which has been scheduled to take off on Tuesday, May 18.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, has charged corporate institutions within the capital to bear some level of responsibility and support the sanitation campaign under the “Make Accra Work” project.
To this end, the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly will ensure that corporate bodies who leave their gutters choked and allow scrap dealers to operate on their frontages would be fined.
Mr Quartey made the call at a stakeholder meeting ahead of a decongestion exercise along the Accra-UTC road to the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange which has been scheduled to take off on Tuesday, May 18.
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BY: Joshua Bediako Koomson
Category: General News
Mr Henry Quartey (hand stretched), Greater Accra Regional Minister, is not happy with an abandoned vehicle on the Madina Zongo Junction road in Accra. Picture: GABRIEL AHIABOR
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The exercise to get traders off the streets in Accra has been given a further boost with the planting of greenery at the Madina-Zongo Junction.
The exercise, which will soon be extended to the Ritz Junction and the Atomic Junction, will help enhance the flora beautification and improve the traffic situation in the area.
Observations
The
Daily Graphic, during an inspection tour with the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, yesterday, observed that the open spaces which used to be occupied by traders and hawkers had been converted into nicely fenced gardens, with the installation of some street lights to brighten the area during the dark hours.