A LARGE amount of sand deposited on the shoulders of the Sekondi/Takoradi highway opposite the Monkey Hill at the Pa Grant Roundabout, together with some trees weeks after a landslide, is yet to be cleared.
The trees were quickly cleared and they are believed to have been sold off for economic gains, leaving the sand which has piled by the sides of the road due to vehicular movement.
A large amount of dried leaves which were trimmed from the tree branches and left on the road have also been swept by the wind into nearby open drains.
In addition, other trees with very weak roots, which could easily fall in the likelihood of a windstorm, are still standing by the roadside, posing a danger to passengers who use a bus terminal in the area.
Furthermore, the metropolitan assembly looks on unconcerned as concrete covers of major drains continue to fall into the drains.
In the central business district, the streets are untidy as hired sweepers do shoddy work, and employees of sanitation contractors only gather papers and leaves and allow the sand to heap at the sides of the streets.
Some officials of the assembly who spoke to the Daily Graphic said that the management of the metropolis seems to be getting out of hand.
“There is total lawlessness everywhere and the assembly seems not to care. People are selling everywhere, cars park and pick passengers everywhere and unauthorised places have been turned into terminals,” they said.
They accused the metropolitan chief executive of completely taking over all the duties and failing to take into account the opinion of others concerning the management of the metropolis.
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