A series of publications in the Daily Graphic on the dangers of the absence of road signs and markings on the newly constructed Fijai-Effia-Nkwanta road have caught the attention of the contractor who worked on the road and the metropolitan authorities.
The contractor has, as a reult, finished marking the road but the road signs are yet to be provided.
While the new road has been marked nicely, markings on other roads in the metropolis have faded, thus making it difficult for motorists to know the intentions of pedestrians, especially when they stand at some points near Zebra crossings.
The situation becomes worse in the night when most of the streetlights are not functioning.
The recklessness of various road users also puts the lives of pedestrians in danger.
Residents in the twin-city are therefore appealing to the Metro office of the Department of Urban Roads to tackle the issue of providing road signs and markings in totality and not limit it to the Fijai-Effia-Nkwanta road.
In a related development, the residents have urged the Metro office of the Department of Urban Roads to ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of projects awarded to contractors to ensure value for money.
In recent past, a grader rammed through Sunday schoolchildren at Nkotompo in the metropolis, resulting in the amputation of the leg of a little girl and injury to many others.
The grader also caused extensive damage to a house into which it ran.
The contractor who worked on the road did a shoddy job.
Residents of Takoradi have also called for a second look at the contract awarded for potholes on the Axim Road roundabout to be sealed.
They contend that anytime this particular contractor, who carries his gravel and bitumen in wheelbarrow, finishes work at that roundabout, it last for only five days or a week.
The contractor fills the potholes with clay and covers it with bitumen and pours some cheap chippings on it.
The workers seal off the portions of the road on which the potholes have been sealed for them to dry.
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