Richard Kofi Attenkah
2 July 2009
Tema — The state of roads in the Kpone township continue to deteriorate by the day, following a continuous downpour in recent times.
The stretch from the Methodist School junction towards Farms, one of the suburbs of the town, which also leads to the Kpone Traditional Council, leaves much to be desired.
The road is unmotorable to the extent that a distance that under normal circumstances can be made in two minutes takes over 15 minutes, as a result of the poor state of the road.
The junction linking the stretch to the Kpone Health Center has also become an eye-sore.
Drivers who ply the road have bemoaned the state of the road, saying that they could not understand why government after government has neglected roads in the town.
The main road linking the town to the industrial area, otherwise known as Kpone-Kokompe, is also in a worse situation.
Commercial drivers, who ply the road to and from Tema, said they had given up complaints about the state of the road, because in spite of their complaints, no one seems to care or listen.
However, the 'mother' of the bad roads in the area, is the one that links the township to the Tema-Aflao highway, formerly Kpone police barrier.
It is sad that that road has been left to deteriorate to that extent, because apart from motorists using it to connect from the Tema heavy industrial area, Kpone and Kpone Kokompe to the Tema-Aflao highway, other major activities also take place along that road.
The main cemetery that serves residents in the whole of the Tema metropolis, Ashaiman, Dawenya, and beyond, is located along that road.
Also, the main refuse dumping site, which serves the whole of the Tema metropolis, Ashaiman municipality and their environs, is also situated along that stretch of the road.
There are some significant landmarks in the area, which as a result, qualify the township to get certain development projects, especially good roads, but unfortunately, the situation has always been the opposite.
Residents and the people, including road users in the area, have therefore appealed to the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) and the government to come to their aid, by providing them with good roads and other facilities.
"We are always ready and quick to give out our lands for national development, but we have always been the last to be considered when it comes to the sharing of the national cake," a resident, who pleaded anonymity, told the Tema File.
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