This is part of government’s major plan to improve transportation services within Accra.

This was revealed by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama who said some GH¢1.7 million allocation has been made to facilitate the implementation of the project on that corridor.

The amount will cater for the provision of signage and other road fittings.

While justifying her minister’s need for the proposed 2017 budget allocation, she expressed confidence that the service, when rolled out along that stretch, will ease mobility of persons who live along that part of Accra.

The BRT service, was launched last year and currently has its buses, christened ‘Aayalolo’ plying the Amasaman-Ofankor-Achimota-Accra corridor.

Although the service has not experienced any major challenge so far, it is yet to attract optimum interest among commuters as most still prefer to board other commercial vehicles, popularly known as ‘trotro’.

Meanwhile, Parliament has approved a sum of GH¢321 million as annual budget estimates for the Local Government Ministry.

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He said: “The system will rather supplement your efforts and provide time-bound transport services to commuters in the capital.”

President John Dramani Mahama said this when he gave the go-ahead for the commencement of the Bus Rapid Transport System in selected areas of the Greater Accra Region.

The 245 buses would be commuting between Accra-Amasaman, Accra-Adentan and Accra-Kasoa.

The buses are fully air-conditioned and fitted with USB charging systems, television sets, internet connectivity and controlled externally by a central control system in BRT offices.

The buses would also move at exact times that would be publicly communicated later.

President Mahama said the transport system, which would be operated in Accra on pilot basis, would be replicated in all regional capitals.

He appealed to the drivers and management to handle the buses cautiously so as to achieve the purpose for which they were brought.

The BRT system was initiated in 2011 when President Mahama, then the Vice President, broke the grounds for the building of the terminals at Adabraka in Accra Central.

The idea was mooted when he visited Sweden to see how it was operated and to provide a similar rapid transport system in Ghana.

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Source: GNA

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