Minister for Roads and Highways Kwame Governs Agbodza has ordered the owner of a billboard at Ashaiman Roundabout to remove the structure within one week, saying it is standing in the way of preparations for a planned flyover.
The directive was issued during the Minister’s inspection of the Ashaiman-Afienya-Atimpoku road project on Tuesday, November 10, 2026. The project is being carried out by German construction firm INZAG GmbH.
Mr Agbodza said the billboard had been placed within the road’s right of way and warned that its position could disrupt construction of the flyover.
“Whoever owns that billboard at Ashaiman Roundabout currently, it is within the rights of way. We are giving them a week to decommission it and take it out because there is a flyover coming there, and we cannot work around the flyover, so it has to be decommissioned,” he said.
He added that the government would take down the structure itself if the owner did not comply by the deadline.
“If next week by this time, we don’t get it decommissioned, we will remove it ourselves so that we don’t distort the contractor’s progress,” he said.
Road project contractors told to ease Christmas traffic
The Minister also instructed contractors working on the Ashaiman-Atimpoku road project to provide additional capacity lanes along the route.
The measure is intended to reduce congestion and improve the movement of motorists during the Christmas season, when traffic levels are expected to place greater pressure on the corridor.
“The cardinal request currently is for you to make sure that for the sake of Christmas, we make sure we create additional capacity to facilitate using the corridor,” he said.
“We don’t want to ruin anybody’s Christmas being stuck in traffic for 6 hours.”
