The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), in collaboration with military personnel, has begun an operation to clear traders and commercial vehicles from the stretch between the Bekwai Roundabout and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) roundabout.
The exercise has led to the seizure of traders’ items and the impounding of commercial vehicles found loading and dropping off passengers along the stretch.
The operation follows a final warning issued by the Assembly directing commercial drivers operating around the KATH roundabout to vacate the area before November 1, 2026.
Drivers and traders who failed to comply with the directive are now being forced to leave as the task force intensifies enforcement.
The Assembly says the exercise will be sustained to prevent traders and drivers from returning to the area.
The stretch is one of the busiest routes in Kumasi and serves as a major access point to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
Traffic congestion along the road has often made it difficult for ambulances and other vehicles transporting patients to access the hospital.
Although no-parking and no-stopping signs have been mounted along the stretch, some commercial drivers continue to pick up and drop off passengers there, obstructing traffic.
Some commuters have welcomed the operation, saying it has improved traffic flow.
They have, however, urged the Assembly to maintain the exercise to prevent a return to the previous situation.
Meanwhile, some affected drivers and traders have expressed dissatisfaction with the enforcement exercise.
