Metropolitan
Assembly
(AMA)
and
Town
and
Country
Planning
Department
(TCPD)
about
developments
on
lands
earmarked
for
road
construction.
Funding
continues
to
be
a
problem
and
because
of
this
many
road
projects
have
not
been
completed.
5.8.3
Provide
Street
Lights
and
Traffic
Wardens
along
Major
Streets
The
MTTU
have
about
180
officers
who
serve
as
traffic
wardens
in
the
city.
The
Ghana
Highway
Authority
notes
that
there
are
150
signalized
intersections
in
Accra
and
over
180
non-‐
signalized.
In
some
cases,
some
of
the
signalized
ones
do
not
work
properly
and
for
the
MTTU
to
monitor
these
units,
they
will
need
about
900
personnel
to
manage
all
the
intersections
in
the
city
in
a
day.
This
is
obviously
not
feasible
at
the
moment
as
the
department
is
short
of
funding
and
cannot
increase
its
personnel
or
buy
logistics
to
carry
out
its
duties.
The
National
Youth
Employment
Programme
(NYEP)
of
the
Ministry
of
Youth,
Manpower
and
Employment
is
assisting
the
MTTU
through
providing
personnel
that
help
out
as
Community
Protection
Personnel.
These
men
and
women
help
out
the
MTTU
in
directing
traffic
at
various
intersections
in
the
city.
Complaints
against
the
Community
Protection
Assistance
programme
usually
hovers
around
disciplinary
problems
and
the
MTTU
is
considering
how
it
can
help
train
the
Community
Protection
Assistants
to
be
more
disciplined
in
their
work.
5.8.4
Educate
Pedestrians
on
Road
Crossing
Regulations
The
National
Road
Safety
Commission
(NRSC)
was
established
by
an
Act
of
Parliament
(Act
567
of
1999).
The
key
function
of
the
Commission
is
to
plan,
develop
and
promote
road
safety
for
all
categories
of
road
users
across
the
country.
They
have
undertaken
outreach
programmes
with
the
Information
Service
Department
to
educate
pedestrians
on
road
crossing
regulations
and
road
safety
in
general.
This
was
done
prior
to
the
Christmas
holidays
in
2006.This
helped
reduce
road
accidents
on
major
highways
during
Christmas
festivities
as
compared
to
figures
recorded
in
2005.
They
also
undertook
education
through
the
electronic
media
-‐
television
and
radio.
Consistent
road
safety
programmes
were
run
on
the
national
television
(GTV)
as
well
as
private
television
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