Three persons have been convicted of spilling concrete on a public road at Abavana Junction, along the Pigfarm-Kwame Nkrumah Circle stretch in Accra.
The convicts, a driver and two supervisors, were arrested on Tuesday, January 25, for spilling concrete on a road, in contravention of the Revised Road Traffic Regulation 2012 (L.I. 2180), Regulation 113, Sub-regulation (1), which criminalises those activities.
They are Tahiru Faisal, the driver; Emmanuel Sogah-Burns, an engineer/supervisor, and Stephen Donkor, an operator.Â
Faisal, who drives a Ford Concrete Pump Truck, with registration number GN 8042-20, was fined GH¢2,400, while Sogah-Burns an engineer and supervisor at Sobtech Engineering Consultancy, was fined GH¢600.
Donkor, who operates the mixer, was also sentenced to a fine of GH¢600.
Law
The Revised Road Traffic Regulation 2012 (L.I 2180), Regulation 113, Sub-regulation (1) states, among others, that: “A person shall not deposit construction material or equipment on the road in a manner that is likely to impede traffic, cause danger, nuisance or injury to a person or damage to property.â€
Sub-regulation (2) also states: “A person who contravenes Sub-regulation (1) commits an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not below 25 penalty units and not more than 50 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than three months or to both.â€
The three were put before the Accra District Court on January 27 and convicted to pay the fines.
Source: Daily Graphic