Repair the gaping pot holes at Ritz junction

One of the gaping pot holes near the Ritz jumction traffic liight

There is a deep concern among residents along the border between Adentan Municipal Assembly and La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly, especially those living within Ritz traffic light (Ritz junction) area.

The inhabitants’ worry is about gaping pot holes on the road located near the traffic signal pole on the Ashalley Botwe-Ritz junction side of the road.

For years, these yawning pot holes on this busy road had created unbearable heavy traffic for motorists and passengers who ply the route.

What makes the situation scary is that, impatient motorists at top speed and in a bid to avoid the pot holes to beat the red light, swerve towards the median of the road (made of concrete) or towards the right side of the road, where pedestrians walk.

This dangerous driving had seen some of the impatient motorists either crashing into the concrete slab or scratching it and denting their vehicles in the process, while others who veered towards the pedestrians, either hit them or missed them by a hair’s breadth.

Some motorists who pass through the pot hole in haste either end up destroying the ball joint of their vehicles or their vehicles’ exhaust pipe mufflers, or burst the tyres of their vehicles, among others.

With the road on the border between these two assemblies, whose lackadaisical attitude towards the situation is unacceptable, it is becoming evident that unless the Ministry of Roads and Highways steps in, the assemblies would not respond to remedy the situation.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Kwabena Mensah Ofori,

Adenta East, Accra