Accra, Dec.19, - In less than a
week before the Christmas festivities, the normal heavy vehicular and human
traffic has hit the central business district of the Metropolis.
A survey conducted by the Ghana
News Agency (GNA) on Monday and Tuesday indicated that there was heavy traffic
during peak times leading to the Tema Station in Accra, Makola area and all
other trading points.
Some people the GNA interviewed
explained that the traffic was due to the fact that people had travelled from
far and near to shop thereby jamming the city up.
“We are sure that by Wednesday,
when workers would have started receiving their salaries, the situation could
even be worst,” a motorist told the GNA at the Tema Station in Accra.
The festive period usually
witnessed heavy vehicular and traffic jams on the roads and markets, ostensibly
for them to carry out their last shopping for the yuletide.
Madam Joyce Asomani, a trader
said due to the festive period getting vehicles
had become difficult as people travelled from far and near to shop in
Accra.
Mr Alex Amoah, a driver told the
GNA that driving during the Christmas season was hectic because Accra was over
crowded, and traders sell everywhere thereby worsening the already chaotic
situations in the Metropolis.
Ms Beatrice Koomson, a business
woman said she spent so much time at the bus stop before getting a vehicle to
Accra Central.
“We also struggle the same way to
get vehicle home, when we close from work giving us too much stress within this
week.”
Mr Eric Johnson, a driver at
Amasaman said ‘’the heavy traffic waste my fuel all the time, I spend several
hours before getting to Accra’’ adding that although the police were at their
various check-points and at all traffic lights along the roads, the situation
was not changing.
Madam Cynthia Mensah, a trader
expressed her frustration about the heavy traffic in town and claimed she had
to endure it since she had to reach Accra to be able to do her Christmas
shopping.
GNA
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