PROVIDE ZEBRA CROSSING SIGNS ON SEKONDI-TAKORADI ROADS (PAGE 30)

Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Takoradi

Motorists in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis have to grapple with faded zebra crossings at designated places.
A zebra crossing mainly comprises white and black stripes (like the colours of the zebra, hence the term zebra crossing) on the road, parallel to the flow of the traffic.
Due to the faded zebra crossings in the twin-city, drivers find it difficult to stop for pedestrians to cross the road, especially at night, because it is not visible enough for them to identify it at a distance.
While driving through the metropolis, one would find that most of the markings are not visible and other road signs as well are not in place.
On the way to Essipon, there is a fishing village called Enyensia, sandwiched by Essikado and Essipon, where, due to the good nature of the road, drivers speed ignoring the plight of the people in the community.
The Essipon Highway passes through the town to Sekondi, separating the beach from the rest of the town, and as a fishing community, residents daily cross the highway to and from the beach and this is dangerous, particularly for women and children.
There is only one zebra crossing there and this has faded, and from all indications, the people of this community badly need speed ramps and a visible zebra crossing.
The absence of the ramps and the zebra crossing, according to residents, compels them to wait for a long time, sometimes for more than 15 minutes, just to cross the road because of speeding vehicles whose drivers would not stop for them to cross even at the zebra crossing.
During the rounds by the news team, they stopped to ask some schoolchildren why they left the zebra crossing to cross at the undesignated places and they said, “When we stand at the crossing, the drivers don’t stop for us.”
Besides the faded zebra crossing, other road signs were virtually non-existent in the town and the situation is no different from other parts of the metropolis.