{"id":395840,"date":"2018-01-28T11:53:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T11:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395840"},"modified":"2018-01-28T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T16:09:14","slug":"ama-removes-unauthorised-billboards-in-accra-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/ama-removes-unauthorised-billboards-in-accra-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA removes unauthorised billboards in Accra [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Accra Metropolitan Assembly on Sunday morning began removing all unauthorised billboards along some principal streets of Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise, which began on the Ring Road stretch, is expected to continue to Korle-Bu and its environs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-395869\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMA-begins-exercise-to-remove-unauthorised-billboards-Photos-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMA-begins-exercise-to-remove-unauthorised-billboards-Photos-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMA-begins-exercise-to-remove-unauthorised-billboards-Photos-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Billboards and signage causing clutter and congestion at traffic intersections and junctions are expected to be removed.<\/p>\n<p>Flagpoles placed on pedestrian walkways have also been earmarked for removal by the AMA personnel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-395868\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMA-begins-exercise-to-remove-unauthorised-billboards-Photos-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMA-begins-exercise-to-remove-unauthorised-billboards-Photos-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMA-begins-exercise-to-remove-unauthorised-billboards-Photos-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the AMA gave indications it was putting steps in place to sanitise advertising spaces by\u00a0removing haphazardly-placed billboards and unpermitted signage.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these billboards have been described\u00a0as threats to public safety because of a number of incidents involving them collapsing onto people and property.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-395867\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMA-begins-exercise-to-remove-unauthorised-billboards-Photos-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMA-begins-exercise-to-remove-unauthorised-billboards-Photos-5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/AMA-begins-exercise-to-remove-unauthorised-billboards-Photos-5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This exercise\u00a0follows efforts by the AMA to clear\u00a0unauthorised structures and hawkers off pavements in the metropolis earlier in January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Michael Ogbodu\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Accra Metropolitan Assembly on Sunday morning began removing all unauthorised billboards along some principal streets of Accra. 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