Thursday 22nd August, 2019
By Stephen Asante, GNA
Kumasi, Aug. 22, GNA – The World Bank is
assisting the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to improve urban mobility
through efficient transport system.
In line with this, the Bank would be working
with the Department of Urban Roads to develop a comprehensive transport
database and mapping for transport-related activities in Ghana’s second-largest
city.
This is to help inform experts and
policy-makers in their decision-making for successful project implementation
and accelerated socio-economic development.
Mr Osei Assibey-Antwi, the Mayor of Kumasi,
speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) after a meeting with a World Bank
delegation, said the KMA believes that an efficient transport system is a major
necessity for vibrant business activities.
Consequently, the assembly has in recent
times sought to develop and come out with a “Transinfomap”, a project
aimed at collecting transport information and present it on a map for easy use.
The Assembly is hoping to build a
well-labelled transport terminal map for Kumasi which would be linked to all
route-based data for the benefit of the residents and visitors.
The World Bank delegation was led by Ms
Fatima Arroyo, and the visit was a follow-up to an earlier mission in February,
this year, to ascertain the level of urban mobility, public transport system
and condition of the road network.
Mr Assibey-Antwi assured the delegation of
the Assembly’s resolve to work with the Bank in other areas of socio-economic
development for the mutual benefit of the two institutions.
Ms Arroyo said they were delighted to be
working with the KMA to improve the living conditions of the people.
Nana Poku Agyemang, the Metropolitan
Engineer for the Department of Urban Roads, entreated the World Bank to
continue in its efforts to support the KMA to improve the road network in the
city.
GNA
