The Ghana Hydrological Authority has announced that the construction of storm drains to address chronic flooding on the Mallam-Kasoa Highway will take 17 months.
Following a heavy downpour on Monday, residents and travellers faced traffic jam on the stretch.
Francis Asenso-Boakye, the Roads Minister, toured the area to assess the situation and later assured press that the government would construct storm drains in the area to help address the issue.
Richard Kofi Ameko, Head of Drainage at the Ghana Hydrological Authority, also told the Minister that the Authority has developed a plan to handle the crisis, which is scheduled to be finished within the next 17 months.
“We’ve designed a size of 6/3 which is currently ongoing…we’ve also designed a catch pit, which will be deeper than the invert of the drain that will be constructed. We’ve done phase one, this is phase two and it’s about 17 months project.”
On his part, Dr. Daniel Sowah, Works Engineer of Ga South Municipal Assembly, indicated that the Ghana Highway Authority is working on a solution to manage the situation.
“They want to cut the hill into shapes, apply black soil, and plant grass over it so that when it rains, it will not wash the silt but come down as water,” he added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
