Cabinet approves ¢ 1b for traffic signs and traffic lights | Social

The government is devoting £ 1 billion to repair traffic lights, road signs and degraded marking marks to improve road safety.

This part of the recommendation of the interministerial committee set up last year by President Akufo-Addo is intended to examine the growing number of cases of carnage on the country's roads.

The committee also recommended that ¢ 6.5 million be allocated to the National Road Safety Commission for public education and training.

Commission Executive Director May Obiri-Yeboah told reporters Sunday that her team had begun implementing the recommendations.

"The report recommended the following:

1) Transformation of the National Road Safety Commission (NSRC) into a € 6.50 million authority and budget support for the Commission to intensify public education / awareness and training,

2) Request for approval of a proposal by the Ghana Police Service to allow the MTTD to:

(a) deploy traffic camera systems to detect and apprehend speed, red light and related traffic offenses, and

(b) Remove the vehicles that are out of service,

(3) Request of US $ 1.05 billion for road agencies, the Ghana Highway Authority, the Urban Roads Department and the Service Roads Department to eliminate the backlog of road signs, markings, traffic lights and guardrails on the national road network, "she said.

In a letter dated April 16, 2018, the Chair approved the proposed work solutions.