SOME outdoor advertisers and telecommunication service providers in the Twin-City of Sekondi/Takoradi have erected billboards indiscriminately in some parts of the city to catch the attention of the public.
Apart from these billboards obstructing motorists because they are erected at junctions and block the view of drivers, they also pose a danger to the public, since the structures are thought to be weak and need urgent maintenance.
As the clamour for billboard space continues, some agencies, have actually designed smaller boards that are hanging on public facilities such as electricity and streetlight poles which is also dangerous when it is raining or there is a wind storm.
On the Apremdo-Kwesimintsim-Takoradi roads all in the metropolis, 14 of the aluminium streetlights poles have fallen to the ground due to the activities of these advertisers.
It is critical to note that while the metropolitan assembly or contractors are yet to replace these poles, advertising agencies are still busily fixing new ones on streetlight poles on the Kofi Annan Road in Takoradi.
One resident, Mr Kojo Prah questioned why telecommunications companies have painted buildings and other structures in the metropolis with their colours and questioned the role of the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly in the face of all these aggressive marketing strategies and asked if there were no bye-laws to regulate these activities.
When contacted, an official of the assembly could not explain why the streetlight poles that have fallen on the ground have not been replaced.
On the issue of telecommunication companies painting buildings with their colours, the source said it was illegal to paint private property without consulting the assembly and explained that they were doing everything possible to ensure that standards were met by the advertising agencies.
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