By Kamal Ahmed
Somanya (E/R), Sept. 16, GNA – The Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly and Somanya Police have begun enforcing new transport regulations aimed at decongesting the town, streamlining tricycle taxi (‘Pragyia’) operations, and ensuring safety and discipline in commercial transport activities.
The exercise, which began on Monday, September 15, 2025, seeks to regulate passenger loading, decongest the Somanya roundabout, and make the Akutunya Main Station fully operational. It follows a September 8 meeting between the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Francis Addo Akumatey, senior Assembly officials, District Police Commander Superintendent Kingsley Abrokwa, and leaders of transport unions and tricycle taxi riders.
Inspecting the exercise, Mr. Akumatey said the initiative was not intended to frustrate drivers or riders but to restore order and enhance safety. He stressed that no Pragyia or commercial vehicle would be allowed to park or load at the Somanya roundabout, while tricycles would not be permitted to operate beyond the DVLA and the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD).
He added that all long-distance commercial vehicles must now operate from the Akutunya Main Station instead of the Taxi Rank or Trom Junction. Offenders, he cautioned, would be fined GH₵200 at the Assembly’s Finance Office.
A taskforce made up of police officers, Assembly staff, and transport union representatives has been deployed to enforce the measures. Superintendent Abrokwa said the Police Command would sustain the exercise and arrest recalcitrant drivers or riders.
During the first day of enforcement, inspections were carried out at Trom Junction, the Somanya roundabout, the Taxi Rank, and Akutunya Main Station. Loading points were allocated to Pragyia riders at the Taxi Rank and Akutunya Station, with compliance described as generally satisfactory.
The Assembly and Police Command have appealed to all drivers, tricycle riders, and transport operators to comply fully with the new rules to decongest Somanya and support the municipality’s growth.
GNA
Edited by D.I. Laary/Audrey Dekalu