Residents of Kpone Barrier-Dawhenya have threatened to stage a protest against the government over stalled works on the expansion of the 17-kilometre-long Tema to Central University section of the N1 Highway.

According to them, their demonstration will span 20 days in order for their ordeal to register in the minds of those in authority.

Residents say the daily traffic congestion they have been compelled to grapple with due to construction works on the stretch is no longer bearable.

"I have stopped my work. We have to start our day around 3:30 am just to get them ready, send them to school before you go to work and so I gave up," an aggrieved resident bemoaned.

Residents, motorists, and business owners along the Kpone Barrier to Dawhenya stretch of the main Accra - Aflao road issued a similar threat in June of last year.

The government in June 2022 commenced the expansion of the 17-kilometre-long Tema to Central University section of the N1 Highway.

This followed the signing of a $100m contract with a UK-based construction firm BHM on September 25, 2020, for the design and construction of 17 kilometres Tema – Aflao phase 1 project. Four years on, residents and motorists say their lives are being negatively impacted due to the slow pace of work.

Some appreciable level of work has been done on all four intersections and storm drains. However, a drive through the stretch shows work on some of the sites has stalled with some construction machines lying idle at Savana Junction.