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Upgrading of N1 Highway Between Tetteh Quarshie Interchange and Mallam Road Junction, Accra, Ghana.Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), Lot 2along the road. This will lead to increase in demand for goods and services. In thelonger term, the project will lead to increased business activities and strengthen localeconomies which would contribute to poverty reduction in the area.5.1.4 Increase in Property ValuesThe value of properties along the road is expected to increase since most of them willhave a new facelift as the landscape gains positive aesthetics from the new road.5.1.5 Job CreationDuring the constructional phase, opportunities for skilled as well as unskilled workerswill be available for people to earn income. People skilled in driving heavy equipment,trucks and other artisans expect to be engaged. Some women will also seize theopportunity to provide various services for the contractors and the workers, especiallythe sale of food.5.1.6 Decrease in accident ratesThe project will solve some of the vehicular pedestrian conflicts along the section.Provision of walkways, pedestrian crossings and other traffic management schemes willreduce accidents. Overtaking by motorists along the dual carriage will be safer andeasier.Accident data for 3 years have been collected from BRRI. The data indicate that from2002 to 2004, a total of 538 accidents were reported on the TQM Road (referTable 5-1), with 13 (2.42%) being fatalities, 53 (9.85%) being hospitalized, 139 injuredbut not hospitalized and 333 (61.89%) vehicular damage only.Table 5-1: Accidents on the TQM Road (2002-2004)Year Fatal HospitalizedNon-VehicularHospitalized Damage onlyTotal2002 1 20 32 99 1522003 4 15 52 112 1832004 8 18 55 122 203Total 13 53 139 333 538% 2.42 9.85 25.84 61.89 1005.1.7 Public Health and SafetyThe existing road does not have proper drainage systems and most of the time it is verydusty. These are detrimental to the wellbeing of the people who live alongside it. TheN1 road project will include improvement of the alignment, the road surface andconstruction of drainage structures. With such an improvement, flooding will be36