Traders at Kaneshie Market Counting Losses Four Months After Closure of Footbridge

Traders at the Kaneshie Market are counting their losses to following the closure of the Kaneshie footbridge, a situation they said has led to a significant reduction in customer patronage.

The bridge, which serves as a major link for pedestrians accessing the market from the lorry station and the main road, was temporarily closed on April 2, 2026, by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, AMA, for major repair works.

The closure, according to the Assembly, became necessary due to severe structural deterioration, alarming structural defects, exposed metal reinforcements and damage worsened by years of illegal trading and encroachment by hawkers on the bridge.

Four months after the closure, traders said businesses have been slowed as the flow of pedestrians who often use the bridge to access the market has been disrupted.

Some traders who spoke to the news team lamented that they now struggle to make daily sales.

Meanwhile, rehabilitation work on the footbridge is estimated to take between six and nine months.

The affected traders are however appealing to the authorities to expedite work on the bridge to restore normal business activities.
By Deborah Adorsu