The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Tuesday started another exercise to rid pedestrian walkways in the Central Business District (CBD) of hawkers and traders.
According to the Assembly, the exercise is to ensure the free flow of vehicular and human traffic as well as improve sanitary conditions in the metropolis.
The exercise which started from Kinbu through the Kojo Thompson Road to the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue and Makola Market, saw the removal of wooden structures mounted by traders and their wares.
Prior to the exercise, the Assembly served notice through its information vans informing traders and hawkers that their activities are against the AMA hawkers bye-law of 2011, and section 117(1) of the road traffic regulations, 2012(L.I.2180).
The exercise also ensured that traders along demarcated lines adhere to the regulations set by the Assembly.
Officers of the Assembly towed some vehicles parked at unauthorized places.
The AMA said the exercise would be extended to other parts of the city.
This is not the first time the AMA is embarking on such an exercise. It recently carried out a similar exercise at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle where it demolished illegal structures on pavements and rid the streets of traders that had taken over the streets.
The traders, however, returned to the pavements weeks later, causing motor and human traffic.
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By: citinewsroom.com | Ghana