Commuters demand urgent repairs to deteriorating SCC–Old Barrier road

Motorists and commuters using the SCC–Old Barrier stretch of the Kasoa–Mallam Highway are calling on the government to urgently rehabilitate the road, particularly the section in front of Atala Company, as its deteriorating condition continues to cause severe traffic congestion and pose significant safety risks.

As a result, the stretch has become a major traffic bottleneck, with commuters spending hours in congestion on a road that previously took only minutes to traverse.

Road users say the once-busy stretch has been neglected despite its strategic importance, with extensive potholes, collapsed sections of the carriageway and persistent flooding reducing what was previously a three-lane road to a single usable lane in some areas.