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General News of Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-02-20
Residents who live along this stretch of road have been instructed to evacuate
The Konongo-Odumasi road, which is a stretch of the main Accra-Kumasi road, will be temporarily closed to traffic due to structural defects.
The authorities claim to have detected huge ravines under the asphalt surface, which pose a potential danger to road users.
Close to the main Kumasi-Accra road in Akrantebesa, in Konongo, lies this large deep ravine which gradually enters the main road.
In addition, residents who live along this stretch of road have been ordered to evacuate so that work can begin immediately.
Resident's concerns
Residents say that the road defects began to develop more than five years ago and have since spread over half of the main road.
They suspect illegal mining activities to be responsible for dangerous ravines.
"It was not so big; There they mined alluvial mines near the place where the ravine had developed. Water from the mine has caused this ravine, "said a resident at Luv News.
Some residential structures have already been demolished to facilitate repair work.
This means that residents must evacuate immediately, but some of them claim time, although they welcome efforts to avoid danger.
"Nobody will survive when there is an accident. we are ready to move because road repairs are important to us, "said another resident.
It is unclear when the closure of the road will begin but detours are being created to facilitate traffic on the road stretch during the repair work.
Some occupants of temporary structures located near the section of the road reserved for repair work also want their structures to remain in place as the work progresses.
"We will leave, but we can not build new structures. They should therefore allow our structures to stay upright so that we can be busy once the work is done, "said a businessman.
ECM Advocacy
Authorities have since intervened to repair the road and other bridges at the junction of Odumase Zongo and areas between Odumase and Konongo.
Susan Akomeah, Executive Director of Asante Akyem Central, urged locals to relocate to pave the way for rebuilding broken bridges.
"If we do not repair this damage, it will be a disaster that will not happen locally but that will become a national disaster because it will be a major havoc.
"We do not wish any accidents in these areas, we will implore those who are along this area who have been marked by red crosses to move immediately because the work is about to begin," he said. declared.
The affected place was cordoned off by the contractor.
Ms. Akomeah stated that the contractor was ready to work. "So we should not hinder the process so that they can carry out the work and move on to the other two areas."
Compensation
Often, when construction of this nature begins, residents in the construction sector receive compensation.
But the regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah, said that no compensation would be paid for property found on these repair roads.
He cites the 2004 Executive Instrument (IE) 17: "Under Executive Instrument (IE) 17 of 2004, compensation was paid to all people affected at the time, from so that all those who rebuilt the property demolished temporary structures rebuilding their temporary structures [will not be compensation again]. "
According to the laws of the country, the compensation is not paid twice for the same project, so no compensation will be paid. Mr. Osei Mensah said that people who commit themselves to erecting a structure do so at their own risk.
"The project can not wait. we do not want anyone's property to be destroyed, so we want them to move voluntarily to get around, especially in areas of diversion. "
The consultant for the ABP Consult project and the Highbrains Company Limited construction company both carried out their final inspection of the damaged areas.
Although no specific date of completion of the project has been given, officials believe that this will be done as soon as possible if the resident company and the funds are made available.
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