The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), with support from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS), has given the green light for the commencement of road safety enhancement works at the Lapaz intersection of the George Walker Bush Highway.
The enhancement works include increasing the pedestrian signal timing (crossing times)to increase the number of pedestrians crossing the entire 14 lanes without waiting in the middle and prevent pedestrians from disobeying the signal, as well as lowering of kerbs where pedestrians cross the roads to ensure unimpeded and safe pedestrian flow including the physically disabled.
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