As part of the Ghana Power Compact programme, the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), is illuminating 523.68km of roads and streets in and outside Accra with high energy-efficient and durable street lighting luminaires.
The scope of this activity, which falls under the Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management Project, covers the installation of 14,287 energy-efficient luminaires on 146 selected road sections and spans 20 Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions.
The Street Lighting (SL) project, is being implemented in two tranches. Tranche-one work has been completed and Tranche-two roads will be completed in April 2022 – all at a total cost of US$13.17m. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a United States Government Agency, is funding the project under the Power Compact Programme signed with the-oovernment of Ghana.
Tranche-one work has been completed, with 177.76 km of street lighting either upgraded or fitted with new installations. Drivers, pedestrians and other users are evidently very safe as they now use these brightly lit roads at night. The Tranche-two work comprising 345.92 km of Streets, including the GIMPA By-pass and roads that cover twenty (20) MMDAs, are ongoing.
According to MiDA: “Street lighting is an essential road furniture. It ensures security at night for road users in our communities, contributes to improved road safety, and enhances our quality of life and standard of living. Indeed, it has the potential to boost investments which aid economic growth and support efforts to reduce poverty”.
The SL project will help reduce electricity consumption from street lighting by 40 percent and reduce the cost burden on beneficiary local assemblies. Officials from these assemblies, MiDA and the three project contractors – namely Elsewedy Electric T&D (Lot 1), Prefos Ltd. (Lot 2), and Process and Plant Automation Ltd (Lot 3) – have embarked on a final inspection of work ahead of handing the roads and streets over to the beneficiary assemblies.
