Tema West Assembly begins demolition exercise ahead of raining season

The Tema West Municipal Assembly has commenced the demolition of structures erected on waterways at Lashibi.

This is in compliance to a directive issued by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, to the Assembly weeks ago during a visit to the site.

Addressing the media during the demolition exercise, the Municipal Engineer of the Tema West Municipal Assembly, Vincent Blah Quarshie, said the move is to avoid the incidence of flooding in the area, as the rainy season beckons. 

“The rainy season is almost here… to us in Tema West, it was welcoming for the Regional Minister to come and wake us up,” he said as quoted by citinewsroom.

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Mr. Quarshie further said the assembly already had its own plans to clear the structures on waterways.

“We already had an action plan to demolish buildings on waterways especially as the rainy season beckons.”

The construction work on the waterway in question was also impeding work on a bridge in the area.

Mr. Quarshie said he expects work on the bridge to proceed as planned.

“Once we have started, we want to make sure that whatever is preventing the contractor from working [on the bridge], we clear it.”