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Some Tarkwa villagers in Tarkwa Nsuaem municipality in the western region blocked Wednesday morning the Tarkwa-Takoradi main road to protest its deplorable state.
Protesters burned old vehicle tires and mounted fences on the Tarkwa-Ahietieso stretch, disrupting traffic.
This is not the first time that locals have blocked the Tarkwa-Takoradi main road to protest its condition.
In September 2018, some Tarkwa leaders led residents to block roads in protest to stop their economic activities.
Read also: Tarkwa: residents block road to protest bad roads
A report from Space FM, based in Tarkwa, indicates that the police arrived at the scene to control the protesters.
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According to locals, successive governments took them for granted because the petitions addressed to the director general of the municipality for the region concerned gave no positive result.
The municipality of Tarkwa Nsuaem is one of the leading gold producers in Ghana.
Heavy trucks carrying cocoa, bauxite and manganese for export to the port of Takoradi also use the road, exerting strong pressure on the section.
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