Download full document - MiDA Ghana

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Upgrading of N1 Highway Between Tetteh Quarshie Interchange and Mallam Road Junction, Accra, Ghana.Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), Lot 24.2.5 Parking Areas for Public TransportSix (6) parking areas used by 4 main transport unions were identified on the corridor.The services of these transport unions will be affected since they need alternative areasto park, pick and drop passengers. The 4 transport unions have a total membership ofabout 975 2 ; made up of drivers and their apprentices. These transport unions includeGhana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), the Progressive Transport OwnersAssociation (PROTOA), Co-Operative Transport Union and the Water TankersAssociation. Two parking areasare located at Abeka-Lapaz within the 74 meter widthROW. The remaining 4 parking areascan be found within the 82 meter ROW at Awoshie,Kwashieman, and Mallam.4.3 AGE AND SEX DISTRIBUTIONThe age distribution of the population in the communities along the corridor mirrors thegeneral trend of the age distribution of population in Ghana. The communities have ayouthful population between the ages 18 and 42 years old. Majority (4,300) of the PAPswere between 18-42 years old. Older respondents aged 65 years and above were onlyfew. This means that most PAPs were in their reproductive years. Most males andfemales were aged between 18 and 42 years.4.4 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTA greater proportion (4,404) of the PAPs had formal education. Basic education whichended at Junior High School (JHS) or Middle School Leaving Certificate (MSLC) accountedfor more than three-quarters of the total respondents. Majority of males and only asmall percentage of female respondents were JHS leavers while the reverse is true forSenior high School (SHS) or Secondary education respondents. Male and femalerespondents with only Primary and Koranic education constituted a tiny minority.Respondents with tertiary education were very few; with male respondents being morerepresented in this category than females. When disaggregated by gender, the totalfemale respondents with formal education were slightly higher than the males.4.5 NATIONALITY AND ETHNICITYA vast majority (5,514) of the respondents of these communities were Ghanaians. OtherECOWAS nationals made up the remaining percentage. Majority of the Ghanaianrespondents were Akans who constituted more than half of the total respondents.Ewes made up the next largest ethnic group, while Ga/Adangmes formed the thirdlargest group. The rest were people from other ethnic groups in the three northern2 These members were not enumerated individually and are therefore not part of the 5,579 PAPsindicated. Only their unions were counted.31
Upgrading of N1 Highway Between Tetteh Quarshie Interchange and Mallam Road Junction, Accra, Ghana.Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), Lot 2regions of Ghana as well as respondents to whom the question was not applicable andthose who declined to respond to that question. Female respondents formed themajority whilst the males constituted only a minority.4.6 LAND USE IN THE PROJECT CORRIDORAir photos at the scale of 1:500 and Quick-bird high resolution image have been used tostudy the land use and land cover of the corridor. The photos and the images werereviewed and preprocessed before being digitally interpreted, using knowledgeobtained during reconnaissance field studies. The classification was done in thelaboratory and a map composed. This has been verified or validated in the field. Thefield study also confirmed the classification and a final map has been designed andcomposed and placed as Figures 4-7 in the EIA ReportThe corridor is overwhelmingly a built environment. There are many structures withinthe 78-meter, 74meter and 82-meter-wide corridor and most of them are Sandcrete,wooden or metal structures. While the wooden and metal structures are mostly used asshops, the sandcrete structures serve multi-purpose functions. These appear on themaps as small units or structures. Residential and commercial buildings will be affected,especially within the 74 meter and 78 meter. Some of the buildings have been walled,making them more easily identifiable than the non-walled ones. The value of thebuildings and structures can be assessed only on the ground, since their architecturaldrawings are not available. The metal/wooden structures being used as shopsundoubtedly also have no such drawings and their values can be established only on theground.Most of the petty traders along the road corridor, if not all, were observed to dependupon the road and the passing vehicles for their sale and access or both. Many of thelarger users or establishments also require services such as electricity and water.The reconnaissance survey along the route indicated that encroachment upon the ROWwas widespread but not uniform. Permanent and temporary structures wereconcentrated mostly at the busier road intersections, which were also where theparking area for public transport, small traders and hawkers congregated. Activitiesrequiring more land, such as sale of cars and trucks, manufacturing activities and vehiclerepairs, tended to be concentrated in less busy locations. However one car salesoperator is located at a fairly busy junction.There are a number of occupiers or users of land but who do not have legallyrecognizable interests or rights. These business operators are often described as“squatters” or “encroachers”. This includes artisans, petty traders, kiosks operators andthe like. These categories of people earn a living through the various economic activitiesthey carry out at the kerb side. Obviously the project will affect them adversely as theonly source of their livelihood would be threatened because they need to vacate their32
Page 2 and 3: Upgrading of N1 Highway Between Tet
Page 12 and 13: CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROU
Page 56 and 57: Bus. Owner-Permanent &TemporaryStru
Page 93 and 94:
Upgrading of N1 Highway Between Tet
Page 95 and 96:
Page 97 and 98:
Page 99 and 100:
Page 101 and 102:
show all

Download full document - MiDA Ghana

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?