The Bureau of Public Safety has called for stricter speed limits on the Accra-Tema motorway to be reviewed by the relevant authorities.

The organisation wants the reclasificaiton of the highway because of the increasing volume of pedestrian traffic on the road.

Citi News reported that this move could reduce the number of road crashes on the controversial road.

In comments to YEN.com.gh, the Executive Secretary of the Bureau of Public Safety, Dr Nana Yaw Akwada, said regulatory failings made it difficult to reduce pedestrian activity on the road.

He noted that as of 2019, there were 236 footpaths across the median of the motorway.

“The most reasonable approach we can have now is to reclassify the motorway, and by reclassifying and reengineering it, we will have to limit the speed on the motorway.”

“The motorway is no longer an express highway, and the continuous use as such by both motorists and pedestrians poses a great danger to life.”