Flower pot flyover congestion to clear by friday - Ministry Assures

Accra, Ghana - Nov 14, 2024 -  Commuters frustrated with the chronic traffic congestion around the Flower Pot Flyover at Spintex can breathe a sigh of relief as the Ministry of Roads and Highways promises significant improvements by the end of Friday, November 15, with further enhancements expected by Monday, November 18.

Speaking on Citi Fm on Thursday Nov 14,  Ahmed Nasir Yartey, the Ministry's Public Relations Officer stated that the government and contractor are collaborating tirelessly to alleviate the bottleneck. While nighttime work focuses on specific tasks, asphalt application and finishing require daylight.

The Ministry urges patience and understanding from commuters, advising motorists to explore alternative routes whenever possible.

“We would like to appeal to the general public to bear with us, especially with the Flower Pot Flyover, hopefully by close of day tomorrow [Friday, November 14] we should be seeing some ease in the traffic [situation] and by Monday, I am sure the traffic situation there will be extremely better

“Although the contractors are working day and night, you cannot do some of the job, especially the asphaltic finishing. We cannot do it at night, you need to do it during the day so that you can assess the work that is ongoing and so the work that we can do at night is done at night and the one that cannot be done at night is done during the day.

“The most important thing is for us to appeal to road users to bear with us because unfortunately, we don’t have many options for diversions, and the general appeal will be that if you don’t have a direct need to use that route if you can avoid it as much as possible, you avoid it totally.”

Source: Florence Kyei /Lead News Online