Keta Municipal Chief Executive Officer, Emmanuel Gemegah has assured residents with deplorable and death-trap wooden foot bridges, that these would be fixed early next year.  

According Mr. Gemegah, he has been to the communities several times and is aware of their sad situation and has resolved to make sure that metal or concrete bridges are constructed to put the suffering of the people to a permanent end. 

Mr. Emmanuel Gemegah made the comments when he visited the communities of Hatorgodo, Lawoshime and Mamime to interact with them on issues affecting these communities. 

Mr. Gemegah, who was confirmed late last year, noted that he understands the plight of the people because he makes sure he visits them frequently so they can be assured of government's commitment at making sure that issues affecting them negatively are resolved quickly. 

He expressed worry about the wooden foot bridge which he said is dangerous, adding that the problem could only be solved if the bridge is constructed, then the road network can also be tackled.

He assured that he wanted to leave a mark before his tenure of office ends so work will soon start on the bridges.

"I know the wooden foot bridges are dangerous because I always go there and I think the construction of the bridge would be ideal as well as the the road network in the area to be tackled and I promise you to do these things before I leave office," Mr. Gemegah promised. 

He noted that plans are underway to also construct feeder roads to connect the various farming and fishing communities in order to boost economic activities in the municipality.

He added that the road network is also negatively impeding economic activities in those communities as the residents have difficulty in transporting their farm produce to other communities for markets.

Mr. Emmanuel Gemegah noted that the contract for the bridge in Hatorgodo linking other communities, has been awarded to the Coastal Development Authority and the two other bridges in the Lawoshime and Mamime are from the common fund and would be constructed soon. 

Meanwhile, the residents of Hatorgodo, Mamime and Lawoshime as well as other fishing and farming communities in the Keta Municipality have described the wooden foot bridges across the river as a death trap and very deplorable. 

Residents noted that for decades, they have had to endure the use of the dilapidated wooden foot bridges, which mostly cause accidents, especially in the evenings when motorbikes use it to transport goods.

"I am a party man and my family and I live here and you can't imagine what we have been going through, especially with the bad state of the of wooden foot bridges and other basic amenities we lack which needs government's urgent action," a resident lamented. 

Residents in the above mentioned communities wish that government listens to them and take an urgent action to resolve the issue of road network among and other issues