The situation has escalated due to the rerouting of the Ayensu River for the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway project, resulting in over 150 homes being submerged, agricultural lands flooded, and three houses collapsing.
The disruption began on Wednesday, June 5, impacting a bridge over the Ayensu River. The river, which starts in the Eastern Region, crosses the Accra-Cape Coast Highway at Gomoa Okyereko in the Central Region’s Gomoa East District, and then flows into the ocean.
This led to a significant collapse of the main Accra-Cape Coast Highway, causing widespread disruption and leaving many travelers stranded on Thursday morning, June 6.
Robert Hackman, the Gomoa East District Director for the National Disaster Management Organisation (NaDMO), described the extent of destruction to Citi News‘ Calvis Tetteh and urged motorists to use alternative routes to while awaiting restoration of the damaged road.
“Currently, three houses have collapsed and almost 150 houses have been submerged, and as it stands now, it hasn’t been easy.
“This morning, we came around 3 am hoping that the water would go down, but part of the bridge has collapsed totally, so we are appealing to motorists coming from Cape Coast to use the Winneba Junction route and appear at Akotsi Junction. Motorists should not use the Potsin-Okyereko stretch.”
