Bolgatanga MCE not pleased with the far distance traffic light Contractors

 The Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Rex Asanga has registered his displeasure over the unstable traffic lighting system in the Municipality.

According to Mr. Asanga, the worst of it all is the unavailability of the traffic light contractor at the time when needed for restoration.

Mr. Asanga said: “Within a week they are off, when you call the people and they come and restore, they will be around Pawlugu going and some of them are off. Ever since I came to the office, we have called them here severally and I don’t know what is the problem, it appears the system that was used was not very good”. He said

“For the old one, you know for many years our traffic light in town never worked. But when I came, for security reasons we had to get a contractor who pre-finance and went round brought back the old ones to work and they quite stable and some when they go off the contractor still goes to restore them”.

“So, our main problem is the highway one and we don’t know what to do and now been told that the project was handed over to the assembly and i didn’t even know, the Minister called the consultant yesterday and he said the project has been handed over to assembly”.

“Honestly, I don’t know who is responsible, because we all pay some deduction when we go buy credit, and then why should VRA or NEDCo be taking all those monies from everybody and is the assembly that is supposed to maintain traffic lights? I don’t really understand because as an assembly we are imagined wondering if we are going to be capable of keeping it up, especially if that system is not changed”. He imagined

“Unfortunately, is Urban Roads that have to call the contractor to come and do that, we don’t even have the mandate, it is not within our responsibility to do that. He admits

He said: “After Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo gave us these beautiful street lights and mounted traffic lights at important intersession for the first time in our history and the history of this Municipality we had just one or two and now we have 10 at very key places and yet they are knocked down with impunity”.