A red flag pole, erected almost in the middle of the road by locals to signal danger, appear not deterring enough, with heavy vehicles still using the bridge. Mr Edmund Asenso, Deputy Regional Director, Department of Feeder Roads told the media at the site that continuous over flooding weakened the wind walls of the bridge and washed it away.

He said the impact of heavy vehicles was also “pushing some materials” weakened by the flood and cautioned vehicles against the use of the facility until it was fixed or replaced by a steel bridge. “We have to fix the wind walls as a short term measure but we need to replace this one with a steel bridge and also stop heavy vehicles from using it for now,” Mr Asenso stated.

Mr Phanuel Kadey Donkoh, the District Chief Executive, said the Assembly wrote to the Department of Feeder Roads and NADMO to help fix the bridge before it collapses and render more than 20 communities in the district totally cut off.

Mr Kwame Agbodza, Member of Parliament for Adaklu said the total collapse of the bridge could mean no access to healthcare, school and market to hundreds of people who would be cut off from the capital.

He therefore appealed to government to prioritise the Abuadi-Waya-Keyime road stretch and fix the bridge and open the area for rapid development.  Mr Agbodza said the main challenges of Adaklu were potable water and road, saying that, the fixing of those challenges would give a “better impetus” to government’s one district, one factory initiative.

He commended the Department of Feeder Roads for being responsive to the needs of Adaklu over the years.