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KWABRE E: MCE inspects roads, broken bridges

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kwabre East, Hon Nana Osei Asibey Bonsu has once again inspected the state of the roads in the municipality.

Date Created : 7/16/2018 5:54:14 AM : Story Author : Francis Andoh/Ghanadistricts.com

This follows many concerns made by residents in the Municipality following a series of heavy downpour that has been experienced.

The communities visited included Truba, Abirem, and Antoa which happens to be the worst affected communities out of the many.

At Truba, two bridges were reported to have collapsed. The said bridges were constructed many years ago by Limex Construction and as a result of the heavy rain, caved in thereby preventing inhabitants plying the road to the other part of the Municipality to do that on foot instead of using vehicle.

The bridge which serves as the boundary between the Kwabre East Municipality (KEMA) and that of the Tafo Municipal Assembly (TMA) has really affected economic activities.

At the scene, we noticed that passengers on board a commercial car from TMA to KEMA have to alight and do the rest of the journey on foot since the car could not go beyond the bridge.

The passengers really expressed worry about it and complained that the damage was really affecting them. They therefore appealed to the MCE to as a matter of urgency do something about it.

They added that as a result of the collapse of the bridge, they are spending so much money on transportation and if it is not fixed immediately or soonest, they might have to spend all their income on transportation.

They also added that the roads in the community are nothing to write home about and that the coming in of the rains has really exposed them.

The drivers on the other hand also complained bitterly about the state of the roads in the Municipality. They recounted that due to the bad nature of the roads, they are not able to make their daily sales. This is because they had to spend more hours at the fitting shops fixing one problem or the other, adding that sometimes they are forced to increase the fares for the passengers just to be able to make gains even though it is against their wish.

The scene at Antoa and Abirem was not anything better as witnessed at Truba. At Abirem, the Assemblyman, Hon. Fatao Yahaya described how together with some youth in the town, filled jute bags with sand on the roads to make the road motorable.

“If I knew the Municipal Chief Executive and his team would be coming round, I would not have organized my boys to do patch up here yesterday” he revealed.

He humbly appealed to the Municipal Chief Executive to put the Abirem road on his priority list since it was really affecting them.

At Antoa, the inhabitants also complained bitterly. They wondered why till date, the road leading to the town has not been permanently fixed but rather would have to wait till the dry season to level it.

Some of the interviewees said the road leading to Antoa is so important for economic and other reasons since it links to Effiduase, Bonwire, Ejisu and other adjourning districts.

Moreover, the Antoa township is a well-known town in the country because of the famous “Antoa Nyaama” shrine, which calls for many tourists into the town annually so if the road is fixed permanently, it will serve the communities, municipality and the nation a lot of good.

Responding to the concerns raised by the public on the state of the roads, the Municipal Chief Executive acknowledged the frustration being expressed and added that he also feels their pain. He revealed that he also plys the road on daily basis and experiences what they also go through.

He therefore appealed to them to exercise some restraints as he was working around the clock to see all the roads in the municipality given a proper facelift it deserves. He said several correspondences have been sent to the Ghana Highways, Feeder and Urban Roads to come assess and fix them.

In later part of last year a team from the Ministry of Roads and Highways visited the communities to assess for themselves and took the appropriate mileage of roads to be prepared. He was optimistic that sooner or later there will be light at the end of the tunnel.

Hon. Asibey Bonsu added that due to the rains, they will have to wait for a while so that the Assembly grader will have to come and level the roads for them.