{"id":666487,"date":"2019-07-28T19:20:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>The Ministry of Roads and Highways says the portion of the Okponglo-East Legon intersection that was closed down after a sinkhole appeared on it has now been opened.<\/p>\n<p>It has however cautioned motorists plying that stretch to comply with"},"modified":"2019-07-28T19:20:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T19:20:09","slug":"okplongo-east-legon-road-opened-to-traffic-after-temporary-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/28\/okplongo-east-legon-road-opened-to-traffic-after-temporary-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Okplongo-East Legon road opened to traffic after temporary closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Ministry of Roads and Highways says the portion of the Okponglo-East Legon intersection that was closed down after a sinkhole appeared on it has now been opened.<\/p>\n<p>It has however cautioned motorists plying that stretch to comply with safety measures as maintenance works continue.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of Public Relations at the Ministry, Winnifred Nafisa Mahama in a<strong> Citi News<\/strong> interview said,\u00a0 the reopening is to allow engineers test the densification of the road before asphalt works will commence.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe road works are ongoing but the road has been opened to traffic for a few days. This is for the engineers to ascertain densification before asphalting works will commence. Hopefully, we should be done in due time for everybody to use the road.\u00a0 Motorists should keep on observing the safety measures that have been put in place. They should should just be cautious while driving.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DWLQjSzTdM\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\u00a0Last week, a section of the Legon Okponglo road was rendered unmotorable after it caved in following what was said to be as a result of a burst underground pipe.<\/p>\n<p>The situation led to a temporary closure for repair works to commence \u2013 the Ministry also indicated that, it will take a week for the road to be fixed.<\/p>\n<p>The development heavily affected traffic on the road.<\/p>\n<p>It took the intervention of some volunteers\u00a0 to direct traffic to minimize congestion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_3_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"g g-5\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-10\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Citinewsroom-Ad-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Roads and Highways says the portion of the Okponglo-East Legon intersection that was closed down after a sinkhole appeared on it has now been opened. 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