It appears the newly commissioned Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra has done little to improve the exhaustive traffic situation in some parts of the capital city as an unusual heavy vehicular traffic was observed on the Ring Road Tuesday Morning.
The road, which usually has a free flow after 9am, was seen with a long vehicular traffic with the cars almost running bumper-to-bumper, StarrFMonline.com observed.
Some frustrated passengers who spoke to StarrFMonline.com said they feel disappointed that the traffic situation appears to have worsened after the interchange was commissioned.
“The situation is very irritating and unusual. I was hopeful that I was going to see an improved traffic situation after all that was seen on TV yesterday, but look at what we are enduring this morning, I even think they should have left the old situation to remain,” he said.
Another passenger retorted “What is all this, I used the road yesterday and it was easy going but now see what we have,” when he was approached by StarrFMonline.com.
President John Mahama commissioned the 74.88 million euro project on Monday.
Speaking at the commissioning, Mr. Mahama said “This is the longest flyover and the highest in West Africa...please note I said flyover, the longest bridge is in Lagos, Nigeria but the longest and highest flyover is in Accra, Ghana”.
He added: “Lack of traffic flow [at Circle] resulted in an estimated loss of about 100 million dollars per annum to our national economy”.
Source: starrfm
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AVD this is ***barred word*** talk.Please don't insult our intelligence.If we have heads on our heads let's use them.It won't surprise me to know AVD doesn't own a bicycle let alone a car and yet they marvel at this caricature kind of an apology called flyover.Excuse us please.Think far.Nkurasefoo.And to think of the fact that people boarded vehicles to watch this structure built corruptly.Aaaaarh!God save Ghana.The battle is still the Lord's ampa!
A father who borrows money just to build a nice home for his family and for that matter denies them of basic living accessories is not responsible and foo_lish. He denies them food and they go about hungry, children wear tattered clothing, school fees unpaid, denies them even footwear all because he wants to build a house.! Mahama thinks we are pleased and our hunger quenched to see circle overhead, huge millennium schools etc,etc. No. Those "things" do not quench our hunger and harsh living conditions. WE NEED CHANGE. kUFFOUR INITIATED 8 OVERHEADS BUT WE WERE BETTER OF. Mahama has initiated only 2 and making so much noise. Ghanaians must wise up and vote out this arrog_ant, corr_upt, incompetent government out. VOTE FOR CHANGE! VOTE FOR A BETTER TEAM!
Well done JM but mind you America and the developed world are still building roads and schools so constructing schools and overheads while the masses are wallowing in poverty, suffering, families are desperate and hardship all over is mediocre. We don't eat streets and overheads. Ghanaians do not need your incompetence, ***barred word*** & corruption and mismanagement of the economy. you must go. WE NEED CHANGE, WE NEED BETTER LIVING STANDARD THAN THIS SUFFERING & HARDSHIP.
Shallow thinking people especially you AVD. If u ease traffic at one point and put pressure at an immediate point then whats the need. We should be visionaries and pro active in our thinking capabilities. God save Ghana.
you can't just write this story without pictures of the situation and you expect us living outside that area to just believe,let's see how true the situation is please. Do professional journalism...thank you
i thought i was the only one experiences this. I was very terrible from the vodafone end toward the GCB Bank. the traffic was very unusual. the authorities must immediately get on site to fashion out system to remedy the case.
skin pain people . the interchange is at nkrumah circle. so tell us also about life at circle . period