Many people have wondered the cause of the hectic traffic situations in the country’s capital and the reasons why it only seems to be getting worse.
Well, the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has finally found the reason behind the huge build-up of traffic in Accra.
According to the MTTD, heavy traffic build-up is a result of married men who don’t go home.
Speaking in an interview, the Head of Education Research and Training at the MTTD, Superintendent Alexander Obeng said detailed traffic management plans have been circulated from the headquarters to the regional commands for implementation.
He said, “We have research that most of the married men stay in office or outside due to the heavy traffic. Most of these men go home late in the night just preventing traffic. Therefore, we are going to increase our strength and you’ll see a lot of police officers patrolling both on foot, and in cars.”
“Most of the married men are in trouble because they wouldn’t arrive at home ar their normal time and that creates a lot of problems with wives.”
“There would be more unusual road users exposed to the road environment in addition to the routine one. We expect high vehicular and human traffic and there will be high economic and commercial activities in town and city centres,” he concluded.
Accra has struggled with the management of the mobility challenges and rising traffic congestion on almost all arterial routes to the central business district.
The traffic situation is expected to get much worst as the yuletide approaches and especially with the large numbers of foreigners expected to Ghana, in recognition of the country’s ‘Year of Return’ initiative.
