The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has given owners of a billboard at the Ashaiman Roundabout one week to dismantle and remove the structure or risk having it pulled down by the Ministry.
The ultimatum follows concerns that the billboard is obstructing construction works on the 64.4-kilometre Ashaiman Roundabout–Atimpoku Junction road project, particularly the planned flyover at the interchange.
Speaking during an inspection tour of the Eastern Corridor, Mr Agbodza said the billboard had been erected within the road’s right-of-way, making it difficult for the contractor to carry out the planned works.
He warned that the Ministry would remove the structure if its owners failed to comply within the one-week deadline to prevent further disruption to the project.
“Whoever owns and operates that billboard at the Ashaiman Roundabout, it is currently within the right-of-way. We are giving them one week to decommission and remove it because a flyover is being constructed there, and we cannot work around the billboard. It has to be removed,” he said.
Mr Agbodza added that the Ministry would take action if the structure remained in place beyond the deadline, stressing the need to ensure that construction activities proceed without unnecessary delays.
He also urged members of the public and property owners to keep away from the road’s right-of-way as work intensifies on the project.
