{"id":394630,"date":"2017-06-06T18:11:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/sakumono-klagon-floods-leave-workers-bece-students-stranded\/"},"modified":"2017-06-06T18:11:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:11:16","slug":"sakumono-klagon-floods-leave-workers-bece-students-stranded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/06\/sakumono-klagon-floods-leave-workers-bece-students-stranded\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakumono-Klagon floods; leave workers, BECE students, stranded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of workers and students have been cut off Accra after flooding rendered an uncompleted bridge impassable.<\/p>\n<p>Rains which began at dawn have washed into the low-lying area locking down residents moving from Klagon to Sakumono to access Accra.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The entire area is flooded&#8221;, a surgeon Dr. Gordon Offei revealed his frustration as he had to drive back home after encountering a &#8216;modern day red sea at about 5:45am.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sakumono Klagon\" class=\"img-polaroid img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/972313699933_2537335830637.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:458px; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px; width:541px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3165109130\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He told myjoyonline.com he had anticipated the floods and left home early enough hoping to cross the bridge which is barely 30% complete.<\/p>\n<p>Dr.\u00a0Offei was due to join his colleagues at Korle-Bu to prepare patients for surgery Tuesday. He says he watched several cars gaze at the impossibility of crossing over to Sakumono.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday is also Day Two of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Students face e real possibility of not making it to the examination centers, Dr. Offei expressed worry.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the problem in Tema West constituency of\u00a0MP Carlos Ahenkorah is the state of a bridge whose construction began 8 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge was the link from Klagon to Community 12 to give options to motorists who do not wish to use\u00a0the Ashaiman over-pass.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/screen-shot-2014-08-21-at-2-31-43-pm.png\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; margin-left:2px; margin-right:2px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"313682072\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Klagon on the top left of this map is hedged in by the Akumo Lagoon and the Accra-Tema mortorway behind it.<\/p>\n<p>After years of delay, &#8216;there was a semblance of some construction&#8217; before the elections. Dr. Offei observed, some work has returned to the site in recent times but the bridge is still nothing more than two pillars.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge is the main route out of Klagon since two other access routes are also not accessible. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of them is a bridge at Accra Abattoir which was washed off during the June 3 flood two years ago. An underpass at Ashiaman has also been flooded since Tuesday&#8217;s rains, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So we are sleeping on an island,&#8221; a frustrated\u00a0Dr. Offei he revealed how three streams around the community have overflowed effectively locking the community down.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of workers and students have been cut off Accra after flooding rendered an uncompleted bridge impassable. 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