Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya East, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunnor, has stated that malfunctioning traffic lights in Kasoa can be restored for GHS10 million.
The cost, according to her, is an estimate submitted by officials of the technical department of the Ghana Highways Authority who conducted an assessment of the extent of damage in June 2025.
Residents had raised concerns about the rampant vehicular knockdown, especially involving school children, in an earlier report by Citi News.
Though the Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly conducted an assessment, all nine traffic light systems within the municipality remain malfunctioning.
Speaking to Citi News during an engagement with leaders of key trader associations on Thursday, October 2, the MP said, “Per the assessment of the Highway Authority, we will need GHS10million to restore the traffic lights. It’s a safety issue, and so we’re trying to raise the funds.”
She, however, cautioned that authorities will put in place strict measures to protect the traffic light systems since the GHA’s assessment concluded that trading activities contributed to the destruction of central control systems as well as signal lights of the automated traffic control systems.
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