The Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA) has hosted the fifth progress meeting on the ongoing Junction Improvement Project under the Ghana Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project (GUMAP), confirming steady advancement across all six project sites in the Greater Accra Region.
The meeting, co-chaired by Ing. William Dickson of DaovTech Design Group and Ing. Patience Onny, Chief Road Safety Engineer at the Department of Urban Roads (DUR), brought together key stakeholders to assess work done so far and address emerging issues. The Ministry of Finance, however, was not represented at the session.
Updates presented showed that Lot 1, located at Mambo Junction in Ga Central, is 74 percent complete. Lot 2, covering the Otublohum Road/Obibini Street Intersection in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), stands at 58.7 percent. In Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), the Baba Yara Road/Padmore Street intersection under Lot 3 has reached 62 percent. Lot 4, at the Ashongman Road/Alafia Road intersection in Ga East, is 40.6 percent complete. In Ga West, Lot 5 at the Three Junction site has seen 71 percent completion, while Lot 6, covering the Ogbojo New Market intersection in Adentan and La Nkwantanang Madina, has reached 63.3 percent.
A key highlight of the meeting was the report that Ga West Municipal Assembly has successfully removed all traders obstructing progress within the project scope, a directive issued at the previous meeting. Meanwhile, concerns were raised at the AMA site, where long vehicles are encroaching on pedestrian walkways. To address this, stakeholders agreed on the need to install bollards on the shoulders of the walkways to prevent further interference.
Ing. Patience Onny urged all assemblies to enforce their bye-laws to prevent trading on walkways, stressing that this defeats the purpose of creating safe pedestrian spaces. She also encouraged assemblies to intensify community sensitization around the project areas to ensure the walkways remain free of trading activities during and after construction.
Assemblies are expected to submit their sensitization activity reports to the Ministry by Wednesday, 7th May 2025. The sixth progress review meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, 21st May 2025.
The Junction Improvement Project is a key component of the broader GUMAP intervention, aimed at improving road safety, easing congestion, and enhancing mobility within key urban centres.
Source: Darling Maame Efua Cann/Stephanie Edem Klutsey
(Public Relations Unit MLGDRD)