Opanyin Atta Amuah, a farmer at Wassa Akropong, has called on the government to ban the haulage of timber, bauxite, quarry stones and other heavy raw materials by road.
He said hauling those heavy items by road impacted negatively on the already poor road networks in the region.
Opanyin Amuah said this on Monday, July2, 2007 at the Senior Citizens Day organised by the Western Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) at Sekondi to mark Ghana's 47th Republican Anniversary.
He said the railways should be re-activated to transport all heavy resources from the hinterland to the cities to safeguard the roads.
"The Western Region lags behind in road construction and the few good roads should not be destroyed."
Anthony Amoah, the Western Regional Minister, told the veterans that over 30 roads were being constructed throughout the region as provided for in the 2007 budget.
He said a Chinese firm was constructing the 55-kilometre Enchi/Asankrangwa road while a new contractor had been found to begin work on the Dadieso/Africa road.
Mr. Amoah appealed to the senior citizens to pass on their expertise to their children to make them competent and skilful.
He said the region had developed a blue print to accelerate its development programmes and appealed to them to contribute their quota.
Source: GNA
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