the road between the Fijai Junction and the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital has finally been completed, after many calls for its completion. There are, however, no road signs on it.
The dual lane does not have road marking signs to guide motorists at night; there are also no zebra crossings ,which makes the road very unsafe especially at night.
The portion of the road between the two lanes to and from Fijai and Effia-Nkwanta are overgrown with weeds. The weeds have been cleared from the junction of the hospital to the Ghana National Fire Service, but not from the Fijai Junction portion, which is meant for beatification. When driving, one cannot see ahead while approaching the curve near the regional theatre.
Because of the good nature of the road, drivers are very impatient and speed a lot. At the same time tankers and other haulage trucks use this route to enable them to link the Accra-Takoradi road.
Some of the trucks break-down often on the road and other motorists have to be extra careful so that they do not run into them.
The dual lanes are very important because they are the only roads which link Takoradi-Accra and the Regional Hospital. There is also a fire service and ambulance bay on the road.
If the authorities do not realise the importance of the roads and erect the appropriate signs and provide road markings to ensure safety, then that stretch of the road would be dangerous to use.
The contractor must mark the road and provide road signs to guide motorists or the Ghana Highways Authority and the Metropolitan Department of Urban Roads of the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly should take up that responsibility.
It is the hope of this reporter that immediate action would be taken to provide proper road markings and signs to enhance the safety of the road as it is located in the heart of the metropolis.
In a related development, the Axim-road roundabout is deteriorating fast. Two months after the Daily Graphic had highlighted the problem, the pot- holes were patched with very inferior materials, which were quickly washed away after some little rain.
At the moment motorists approaching the roundabout have to be extra cautious to ensure that they do not run into it as it has widened beyond the normal size.
Any vehicle coming from the direction of the State Transport Company yard towards the roundabout enroute to the offices of the Shippers Council area have to negotiate the roundabout towards the beach road before branching towards the Shippers Council road.
Also, little attention has been paid to the Cocoa Villa road, which also links Sekondi/Takoradi road to the Accra-Takoradi road from the former Western Veneer and Lumber Company (WVLC) area. This stretch of the road has still not been attended to; it is very bad and needs urgent attention.
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