Danish roads in Ghana. An apparently failed project offers insight into African transport history  Jorgen Burchardt 56 Views17 Pages 1 File ▾ Transport history, Transportation Studies, road transport, Ghana, Railway and transport history ...more ▾ A Danish-built road in Ghana was demolished after a few years. Was it sloppy construction? The article shows that it was not due to sloppiness or construction defects. It has a connection with the history of Ghana, where the first real roads were only built in the 1920s. At the same time, the poor truck drivers take advantage of the opportunity to drive with excess weight, which destroys the roads. At the same time, the widespread corruption prevents the offenses from being stopped. And it is the same problem I Pakistan and Other Far East countries
