Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will from Tuesday begin a staggered relocation of electricity poles along the Santasi–Ahodwo corridor to allow for the construction of a dual carriage road, with outages limited to specific feeders to minimise disruption, the company said.
The relocation exercise, being undertaken by Adusi Electrical Company, will start on 17 February and affect selected distribution lines, including the OBR, Fankyenebra and St Hubert feeders. ECG said the outages will be carried out sequentially rather than simultaneously across Greater Kumasi.
Phased approach
Benjamin Obeng Antwi, Public Relations Officer for ECG’s Ashanti West Region, said the company had deliberately adopted a phased approach to reduce the impact on customers.
“We are not taking out power across the entire Greater Kumasi at a go,” Obeng Antwi said. “We will do it one feeder after the other, starting with the OBR feeder, which mainly serves customers within the Nhyiaeso enclave.”
Timetable
Under the schedule issued by ECG, customers on the OBR feeder will experience outages from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday (17 Feb); Thursday (26 Feb); and Tuesday (3 March). Areas expected to be affected include Santasi Roundabout, Santasi Fidelity Bank, Ernest Chemist, TUC, parts of Nhyiaeso, Unity Oil, Dakodwom and surrounding communities.
Obeng Antwi stressed that the exercise was directly linked to preparations for the dualisation of the Santasi–Ahodwo roundabout road and was necessary to ensure the safe diversion and relocation of ECG’s infrastructure.
Caution
He also issued a warning to residents and businesses along the stretch who may be affected by evacuations or demolitions linked to the project not to tamper with electricity meters.
“Customers should not remove their meters and throw them away,” he said. “The meters belong to ECG, and we need the customer details to successfully capture them in our system when they relocate. ECG will remove the meters itself.”
According to him, ECG is engaging the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to ensure demolitions or evacuations do not proceed before meters are properly retrieved and documented.
ECG apologised for the inconvenience and appealed for public cooperation to ensure the smooth execution of the project.
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