The Volta Regional department of the Ghana Personal Highway Transport Union (GPRTU), has welcomed and endorsed the proposal to reintroduce street tolls by the brand new Mahama-led government.
Highway tolls, based on the GPRTU, supplied a major income for government to fund street upkeep, building, and enchancment of street tasks.
Mr Awilo Attito, the Volta Regional Public Relation Officer (PRO) for GPRTU, in an interview with the Ghana Information Company, expressed the Affiliation’s readiness for the reintroduction of the street tolls, which might function supply of employment and revenue for others.
“It has come to our discover that the federal government by the Roads and Highways ministry has meant to reintroduce street tolls, we welcome the concept, however the revenue generated from the tolls should be use effectively to take care of and restore roads for the security of customers,” he mentioned.
He defined that the street tolls beforehand helped in managing visitors movement by discouraging pointless journeys and lowering congestion on busy roads which assist in pointless accidents and lack of lives.
He urged the federal government to additionally use the revenues that may be generated from the street tolls to fund for security initiatives similar to putting in pace cameras at vantage factors, bettering street lighting, and enhancing emergency response companies for the good thing about the general public.
“Authorities should ensure that revenues generated from street tolls ought to be correctly used to supply funding for brand new infrastructure tasks, similar to new roads, bridges, tunnels, amongst others. They need to be able to render an account yearly.”
Once more, he mentioned the Union would maintain thorough engagement with the Ministry of Roads and Highways for correct schooling and assist for all drivers’ Unions and different street customers earlier than the directives have been enforced.
He appealed to all drivers to embrace the concepts of the reintroduction of street tolls by the federal government and cling to all street rules with the intention to keep away from any punishment from the authorities.
In furtherance, he charged the federal government to all the time have interaction the motive force unions about any gas worth adjustment which might additionally allow drivers on correct fare advertjustment for a profitable enterprise.
Mr Attito additionally used the opportunity and urged drivers to all the time preserve excessive degree of professionalism, particularly throughout and after the upcoming Valentine Day celebration.
Different drivers at Keta GNA spoke with additionally expressed satisfaction in regards to the meant reintroduction of the street tolls and appealed to the federal government to make use of the revenues that may be generated to repair unhealthy street and tackle different urgent essential points to learn the general public.
—GNA
