He said this was when he inspected the project during his
official tour of the Ashanti Region.
The road is being constructed into an asphalted concrete surface
dual carriage way with Interchanges at Sofoline and Komfo Anokye
Roundabout and an under-pass at Kwadaso.
It was initially estimated at $80 million and is contingent on
Government of Ghana Funding.
The Chinese Contractors undertaking the job, China
Geo-Engineering, has for some time suspended work on it because of
lack of funds.
President Mills said they would mobilize resources to finish the
project to help ease traffic congestion and bring some relief to the
people served by this road corridor.
There were challenges but that is why government is there, he
stated, as he asked the people to bear with them whilst they looked
for the money.
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Joe Gidisu, earlier
briefed the President on the progress of work so far and said it was
about 51.5 per cent complete.
He put total payments made at GH¢42,123,213.68. Added to this is
compensation payment of GH¢3,353,184.03 to affected property owners.
The project was started in August 2007, and was supposed to have
been completed within a period of 36 months.
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