Director of the Institution of Engineering, Ing. Henry Kojo Boateng is calling on the government to investigate, arrest and prosecute those who stole the crash barriers on the Pokuase Interchange.
The stolen crash barriers, valued at $3,500 and meant to protect vehicles from falling over from a high embarkment onto the main road for vehicles coming from Kwabenya, cover a stretch of 40 metres.
The total number of crash barriers stolen is 10, each measuring four feet.
As if that is not enough, 40 streetlights on the stretch have also been damaged at the interchange.
The stolen barriers were mounted on a high embarkment or cliff to prevent vehicles using a service road from the Victoria College area at Pokuase from falling over from a height of about three metres onto the road from Kwabenya towards the main interchange.
When Ahotor Newsroom toured the interchange, it observed that although the bolts and nuts holding the barriers had been welded to prevent easy removal, the crash barriers had been removed, nonetheless.
Most motorists who were using that portion of the road did not realise the danger ahead as they drove by. However, a few who might had observed that the stretch had become bare reduced their speed as they approached.
Eng. Henry Kojo Boateng the Director of the Institution of Engineering is calling for investigations into the incident and bring all involve before the law.
Emmanuel Romeo Tetteh/Ahotoronline.com
