The recent rains have shown the deplorable condition of several roadways in Accra and Tema metropolises.
The surface of some tarmac roads has been washed away, while others have acquired potholes and gullies.
Unpaved roads have also been hit hard, as they are in a bad shape.
Accra's highways
The Kokrobite-Oshiyie-Bortianor-Old Barrier, Teshie GREDA Estates, Dr Busia Highway, Teshie First Junction – Fertilizer Down; Alhaji Malik area, Zongo Junction traffic lights, Happy Days section of the Mortuary Road, and Japan Motors traffic lights through to Agbogbloshie are among the roads in Accra that have been affected.
To get to their destinations, drivers had to navigate their way past potholes. In an attempt to avoid potholes, some cars drive on the shoulder of the road, putting pedestrians in danger.
Residents, drivers, and passengers voiced alarm about the situation in separate interviews with the Daily Graphic, and demanded that the roads be repaired immediately.
Assurance from the Minister
Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Attah responded by saying the ministry's Mobile Maintenance Unit (MMU) had been dispatched to restore all roads in the country that had been damaged by the recent rains.
He stated that the MMU, which had been in charge of maintaining the country's roads and highways, would continue to do so in order to keep all roadways open to traffic.
Hillside of Kasoa
Flooding and loads of silt had progressively destroyed section of the road at the Hillside, just a few meters from the Kasoa tollbooth.
Drivers were utilizing a single lane (outside lane) to avoid driving into potholes that had accumulated on the road, according to a Daily Graphic witness on the road.
As a result of the circumstance, traffic congestion stretched all the way to and from the tollbooths and beyond.
Self-help
Using no aid in sight, several homeowners decided to take matters into their own hands and patch potholes in their neighborhoods with cement blocks and sand.
The road has developed multiple potholes from Kokrobite to Oshiyie through to the Old Barrier in the Ga South municipality, causing traffic congestion along the route.
To make matters worse, erosion has stolen nearly half of the road at Aplaku, forcing cars to slow down whenever they arrived in order to prevent falling into the gullies.
Pockets of potholes studded the Dr Busia Highway, which runs from Kaneshie to Mallam. Patched-up sections of the road have been swept away.
The situation is worse on the right hand side of the traffic crossroads from Kaneshie to Odorkor at First Light, where a crater has formed due to the rainfall.
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