Majority
of
Respondents
(67.6
percent)
reported
that
the
general
environment
for
conducting
business
has
improved
(Figure
32).
5.8
INFRASTRUCTURE
ROADS
5.8.1
Road
congestion
and
Traffic
Jams
Vehicular
population
in
Accra
has
increased
over
the
past
years
as
the
human
population
has
increased.
The
Motor
Traffic
and
Transport
Unit
(MTTU)
points
out
that
about
50
percent
of
the
cars
in
Ghana
are
in
Accra
and
about
20
percent
of
the
remaining
half
commute
in
and
out
of
Accra.
The
Department
of
Urban
Roads
(DUR)
believes
that
the
government
cannot
prevent
people
from
buying
cars
thus
keeping
traffic
under
control
is
the
only
choice
available.
However,
despite
its
best
efforts,
travel
times
within
the
major
cities
have
still
not
been
reduced.
The
DUR
recommend
that
in
order
to
reduce
road
congestion
and
traffic
jams
in
the
long
term,
certain
measures
such
as
construction
of
major
roads,
construction
of
fly-‐overs
and
putting
more
buses
on
the
road
instead
of
creation
of
by-‐passes
which
is
only
a
short
term
measure.
The
Department
argues
for
more
buses
on
the
road
because
a
bus
can
take
a
maximum
of
sixty
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