The Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has expressed concern over failure by city authorities to deal with the menace of building in waterlogged areas. Mr Asenso-Boakye argued that the unlawful act, which causes flooding is not only posing threat to lives but undermining his Ministry's effort in trying to fix roads within the Kumasi metropolis and its environs. The Minister raised the issue when he inspected ongoing road works on the Dakodwom-TUC-Santasi stretch. The road has been reconstructed several times because it keeps deteriorating at a fast rate. This has been blamed on the encroachment on the shoulders of the road, classified as waterlogged, which forces rainwater to remain on the road for a long time. "By our laws, we are not supposed to build in waterlogged areas.