Elizabeth Kwatsoe Sackey and Rebecca Bavinger with the equipment<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) has donated Traffic Management Equipment to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly \u00a0(AMA) as part of a concerted effort to promote road safety in the city.<\/p>\n
The donation, aimed at equipping the city\u2019s enforcement drive to mitigate road hazards, includes items such as\u201d LED-light batons, reflective vests, traffic cones, directional signposts, raincoats.\u201d<\/p>\n
Public Health Professional at Bloomberg Philanthropies (BP), Rebecca Bavinger,\u00a0 handed over the equipment to the AMA when she called on the Mayor of Accra as part of a 6-day working visit to Ghana.<\/p>\n
She disclosed that the initiative would officially end in 2025 and expressed appreciation to the AMA\u00a0for the collaboration describing the partnership as wonderful.<\/p>\n
She expressed their eagerness to accomplish as much as possible within the next twenty-one months of the partnership, emphasising the importance of leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you know, we are engaged in the initiative with Accra through the end of 2025, we have less than 2 years left with the whole program, so we want to accomplish as much as we can in the next 21 twenty-one months we have left and looking forward to your leadership. It has been a wonderful collaboration until now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She mentioned some key achievements of the initiative citing the construction of road safety enhancement works at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, London Market Street, among others, training of police officers and communication agencies and AMA enforcement team, donation of 12 speed guns to AMA for the Police, as well as collaboration with journalists to report on issues road safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe BIGRS has worked with the AMA to train over six hundred police and enforcement teams, we have so far donated 12-speed guns to MPDD, trained different communication agencies and worked with journalists to keep road safety in the public conversation, \u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Mayor of Accra, Elizabeth Kwatsoe Sackey who received the equipment expressed profound gratitude to Bloomberg Philanthropies for their unwavering support and commitment to road safety initiatives stressing that donation would augment the city\u2019s capabilities to address road safety challenges effectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Accra continues to grapple with the complexities of urban mobility and traffic management, partnerships like these serve as a beacon of hope, instilling confidence in the collective effort to create safer and more sustainable transportation systems\u2026With this Traffic Management Equipment, Accra is poised to embark on a transformative journey towards safer roads and enhanced public security,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She identified motorbikes as the foremost challenge to road safety in the city and emphasised the urgent need for comprehensive measures to address the escalating risks posed by motorbikes on the streets of Accra.<\/p>\n
\u201cMotorbikes have become a major challenge to road safety in Accra\u2026 Their indiscriminate use, disregard for traffic laws, and speeding contribute significantly to the high rate of road crashes being witnessed in the city daily, \u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She assured that the Assembly would intensify education and enforcement activities to deter deviant behaviours on the road.<\/p>\n
The Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) aims to reduce road crash fatalities and injuries in low and middle-income countries and cities by implementing a\u00a0comprehensive set of actions\u00a0that are proven to save lives.<\/p>\n
In 2020, the BIGRS commenced its third phase, which will run to 2025.<\/p>\n
Priority cities of the new BIGRS phase include\u00a0Accra, Addis Ababa, Bengaluru, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Kampala, Kumasi, Mumbai, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Salvador, and Recife.<\/p>\n
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