The Ministry of Roads and Highways has corrected sector Minister Kwasi Amoako Atta’s prior statement that all abandoned tollbooths would be transformed into washrooms.
“The essential is that these facilities can be formed into Police stations, first aid/ emergency centres, towing service centres, ambulance centres, and other ancillary centres,” the Ministry stated in a statement on Wednesday, February 16.
“By doing so, we will be able to re-engage toll collectors and other backroom staff, generating further jobs for our children.”
“These facilities will be included in the Ministry’s plans to dualize the country’s key motorways, like as the Accra-Kumasi, Accra-Takoradi, and Tema-Aflao roads.”
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Since the government abolished the collecting of road tolls, Mr Amoako-Atta said that tollbooths across the country would be used for another public purpose.
Toll collection was abolished across the country in the government’s 2022 budget. The sudden stoppage of tolls was prompted by a directive from the sector minister, even before the budget was approved by Parliament, an act that many, including the minority in Parliament, described as illegal.
Since the tolls were abolished, the tollbooths have been abandoned. Many people were concerned, and the National Traffic Safety Authority (NRSA) urged the government to dismantle the structures for road safety reasons. However, it appears that the government has other ideas for the abandoned buildings.
The tollbooth, according to Mr. Amoako-Attah, will be used for public urinals.
“We even want to refurbish all tollbooth structures to provide suitable and decent washrooms for the use of motorists so that we can advise them to cease from the practice where automobiles stop on the highway and people get down to wee-wee as we typically witness,” he said.
Source: GhanaWish.com
