News:
August 8, 2017
Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Attah is citing pilfering of bolts and nuts on metal bridges across the country by unpatriotic Ghanaians as cause of collapsing bridges.
According to the Minister, the second cause can be attributed to heavy truck vehicle that are over loaded causing damages to the bridges.
As to what will prevent the overloading of the trucks the Minister responded by saying that if Ghanaians will be vigilant and report the over loaded trucks to the security agencies it will help reduce the collapsing metal bridges across the Country.
“This Nationwill have to spend the little resources we have in building bridges across the country, if the unpatriotic continue with their pilfering”.
The Ministers remarks comes in the wake of the Member of Parliament for Garu Albert Akuka Alalzuuga asking an urgent question on the floor of the House on steps being taken to reconstruct the Tamne steel bridge linking Garu-Tempane District to Bawku Municipal, Pusiga and Burkina Faso which collapsed recently.
He further noted that he has been to Tamne the location of the collapsed bridge with his Director of bridges to fix the problem and provided an alternative road to be used.
Roads and Highways Minister indicated that in the future when funds are available he is thinking of providing solid concrete bridges which will last longer, than the metal bridges where some Ghanaians have resulted to cutting of bolt and nuts which weakens the bridges.
The Minister assured Members of Parliament that across the Country the metal bridges are very strong and in solid state but for the cutting of bolt and nuts by the unpatriotic Ghanaians.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com