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<\/p>\nA section of the Accra\u2013Kumasi highway<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Mr Kennedy Osei Nyarko, Chairman, Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament, said the Government had successfully awarded eight separate contracts to local fully resourced contractors to construct the four by-passes on the Apedwa\u2013Kumasi road. <\/p>\n
He said the Government had committed Two Billion Ghana Cedis for the construction of the four by-passes to ease the traffic on the Accra to Kumasi road as part of its plans to dualise major highways in the country. <\/p>\n
The Chairman stated this during a press briefing in Accra on the dualisation of the nation’s roads that the Government intended to do, especially on major highways. <\/p>\n
He said the first by-pass on the Accra\u2013Kumasi road would take place at Osino, about 11.6km, which would be constructed by two big local companies \u2013 First Car Limited and Josmo Construction Ltd. <\/p>\n
He noted that the second by-pass would take place at Anyinam, about 6.1km, which would be done by Nark Fememond and Hadrick Limited, adding that the third one was the Ngleshie by-pass, 10.5km long, which would also be constructed by Resource Access Limited and Memphis Metropolitan Construction Ltd. <\/p>\n
Mr Nyarko said the last one would be a by-pass at Konongo, which was 13.5km, which would be done by Kofi Job Company Ltd and Joshob Construction Ltd. <\/p>\n
“The Government has taken this decision as a result of the numerous accidents on our roads, especially the Accra-Kumasi road and the traffic congestion that goes on that route and has decided to use these four by-passes to dualise that road to easy access for commuters on the road,” he said. <\/p>\n
He said the project was a major intervention by the Government, saying, “The Government made the promise and the Government is delivering that promise”. <\/p>\n
“It is going to cost the Ghanaian tax payer two billion Ghana Cedis for this project to go on; these are going to be dual carriages, that would easy transportation challenges.” <\/p>\n
Mr Nyarko said “like President John Agyekum Kufuor did at Nkwawkaw by-pass to make easy access, so that there wouldn’t be much more traffic.” <\/p>\n
“Currently, you know where the traffic builds up on the Accra-Kumasi road and the engineers have looked at it carefully and they have decided that we need to have these four by-passes,” he said. <\/p>\n
He reiterated that this shows how committed the Akufo-Addo Government was in addressing the nation’s road issues. <\/p>\n
“President Kufuor started the dualisation from Nsawam, all the way to Suhum, we completed the first part of it – the first lane, the second lane that they started to a certain point, they couldn’t finish it; eight years later, the NDC (National Democratic Congress) abandoned that stretch, they couldn’t do it.” <\/p>\n
He said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his tenure decided to continue the other lane to Apadwa junction; saying that Ghanaians were all witnesses to the work that had gone on. <\/p>\n
He said in addition, the Government had decided to do these four major by-passes and that if these by-passes were completed, Ghanaians all know the economic benefits that would enure to the country. <\/p>\n
Mr Nyarko said recently, the Government had already secured a facility to dualise the Tema Motorway (Roundabout to Aflao Road) and that 17km of it had been awarded, which was being executed by a British Company, BMH. <\/p>\n
He said the Government was looking for another facility for construction works beyond the 17km of the Tema Motorway (Roundabout) – Aflao Road. <\/p>\n
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