The first phase of the Green Streets Project kicked off over the weekend with the planting of ornamental seedlings in the medians of some road in Accra.
The Director for the Department of Parks and Gardens, Rev. Charles Okine, together with the Technical Director, Forestry, at the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Joseph Osiakwan, led the planting exercise with members of the Planning Committee, Forestry Commission, and some selected workers of Youth in Afforestation to plant Tabebuiapallida (Trumpet Tree) from Spanner, Tetteh Quarshie, through the Shiashi-Okponglo road stretch to Legon.
The team irrigated the seedlings together with other ornamental trees already planted on the shoulders of the roads, and uprooted weeds that had covered the ground.
The Green Street Project, which is intended to grow some types of trees to improve the aesthetics of the cities and towns, would extend the exercise to three other cities – Kumasi, Tamale and Sekondi-Takoradi.
