The Cape Coast Municipal Assembly, CCMA, taskforce on Friday demolished dozens of kiosks and unauthorised structures along the coastal stretch from the St. Augustine's College through to the Cape Coast-Elmina highway.
The exercise was supervised by officials of CCMA in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and City Guards.
The Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority, Ghana has warned severally that siting structures haphazardly without any expertise planning along the beach stretch could have serious consequences as erosion could set in and draw the sea closer to the land.
An official at the Assembly, who pleaded anonymity in an interview the Ghana News Agency, disclosed that the owners of the affected structures, as well as squatters, were given enough time to vacate the stretch because no permit was granted them.
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According to the official, the Assembly would not relent in its efforts to protect its lands from encroachers and, has, therefore, vowed to demolish all unauthorised buildings to ensure the beach front were protected to prevent erosion.
However, the exercise did not affect structures with the requisite certified permits.
Owners of the affected structures expressed much displeasure as they indicated that they invested heavily in putting up such structures mostly drinking spots and eateries.
A victim of the demolition Mr Sampson Abedu and three others threatened to sue the CCMA, claiming they had submitted certified papers of authority and ownership of the structures to the Assembly and therefore saw no reasons for the exercise.
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