Government is dedicating ¢1 billion to fix traffic lights, erect road signs and paint defaced road markings to improve road safety.
This part of the recommendation by the inter-ministerial committee set up by President Akufo-Addo last year to look into the increasing cases of carnages on the country’s roads.
The committee also recommended that ¢6.5 million be allocated to the National Road Safety Commission for public education and training.
Executive Director of the Commission May Obiri-Yeboah told journalists Sunday that her outfit has started implementing the recommendations.
“The Report recommended the following:
1) Transformation of the National Road Safety Commission (NSRC) to an Authority and budgetary support of ¢6.50 Million for the Commission to scale up public education/sensitization and training,
2) Request for approval of a proposal by the Ghana Police Service to enable the MTTD to:
a) Deploy Traffic Cameras Systems to detect and apprehend speed, red-light and related traffic offences, and
b) Remove disabled vehicles from the road,
3) Request for an amount of ¢1,05 billion for the road agencies, Ghana Highway Authority, Department of Urban Roads and Department of Feeder Roads to clear the backlog of road signs, road-line markings, traffic signal lights and crash barriers on the national road network,” she said.
By a letter dated April 16, 2018, the President granted Executive Approval for the proposed working solutions.
Source: JFM/Ghana
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