TMA, check these too
I am a resident of the Port City of Tema and have been following the current decongestion exercise being conducted by officials of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly within the city.
I doff my hat to the Metropolitan Chief Executive for the bold attempt to bring some law and order to the numerous unauthorised structures that have sprung up across the city.
While observing this development, I have noted, with some reservation, the seemingly discriminatory nature of the exercise conducted by the TMA.
In the first place, some structures I think should be removed are still in place, causing a lot of nuisance to motorists and pedestrians in the city.
Take, for example, the street within the Community 9 market.
The street has effectively been reduced to a one-way lane, making driving on it a nightmare for motorists, especially in the mornings.
Traders on that road have taken over the street, with buying and selling conducted right at its edges.
To make matters worse, trucks delivering foodstuffs discharge their cargo right on the street.
To make a bad situation worse, vehicles double-park, and their owners go to buy food items before returning to move them.
Some heavy-duty trucks (articulated trucks and tankers) also use this road, and when one of these vehicles comes from either side, the confusion is better seen than described.
Another observation concerns the street in front of the old Tema Kokompe.
The street in question is the one that passes in front of the Household Utensils factory (formerly the Pioneer Aluminium Factory) and links to the road at Mankoadze Fisheries, Japan Motors and Lever Brothers.
That road has become one large Fitting Shop, with mechanics taking up half the road to do their business.
It is a nightmare to drive on that road at any time.
My question is, are officials of the TMA not seeing these developments?
As for the indiscriminate parking of heavy-duty trucks on the shoulders of all major roads in the city, that will be a topic for discussion another day.
I have, on one occasion, personally reported to officials of TMA I encountered during a demolition exercise the placement of a container house on a lane in Community 2, J County.
To this day, the container remains firmly in place at that location.
The container is located in the space between House Number 170N3C2 and a neighbouring house.
Even the stretch of the former Shields Experimental School to the end of that street, leading down to the former Magoase, is itself a problem.
A welding shop occupies a section of the street, with wooden kiosks right at the street entrance.
TMA, you have more work to do in your endeavour to bring some sanity and discipline to the once-beautiful Port City.
Being a Pensioner with no work to do, I will volunteer my services to bring such matters to your attention, provided you will take action on such reports.
Mark Logo,
Resident of Tema.
