Roads Minister gives billboard owners in Ashaiman one-week ultimatum to remove them

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has given owners of a billboard at the Ashaiman Roundabout a one-week ultimatum to dismantle and remove the structure or risk having it pulled down by the Ministry.

The directive follows concerns that the billboard is occupying the right-of-way of the ongoing 64.4-kilometre Ashaiman Roundabout–Atimpoku Junction road project, obstructing construction activities, particularly the planned flyover at the interchange.

Speaking during an inspection tour of the Eastern Corridor, Mr Agbodza said the structure was interfering with the contractor’s operations and could affect the timely completion of the project.

He stressed that the billboard must be removed to allow construction works to proceed without obstruction.

“Whoever owns and operates that billboard at the Ashaiman Roundabout, it is currently within the right-of-way. We are giving them one week to decommission and remove it because a flyover is being constructed there, and we cannot work around the billboard. It has to be removed,” he said.

The Minister warned that the Ministry would take action if the owners failed to comply with the directive within the stipulated period.

“If it is not decommissioned by this time next week, we will remove it ourselves to ensure that we do not disrupt the contractor,” he added.

Mr Agbodza also appealed to the public and property owners to avoid encroaching on the road’s right-of-way as construction activities intensify.

He said protecting the designated corridor was necessary to facilitate the contractor’s work and ensure the smooth execution of the road project.

The Ashaiman Roundabout–Atimpoku Junction project forms part of efforts to improve traffic movement along the Eastern Corridor and enhance connectivity between communities in the Greater Accra and Eastern regions.

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