President Akufo-Addo has dclared ‘war’ on the very bad roads in the Kumasi Metropolis.
Our readers will recall how NPP MP Kennedy Agyapong, after attending a funeral in the region months ago, railed on Oman FM and Adom TV about the bad roads in the ruling government’s ‘worldbank’, which needs work, lest it leads to apathy in the next election.
It appears action is now being taken as the president has cut sod for works to begin.
The President who is on a Tour of the Ashanti Region first made a call on His Royal Majesty, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia palace were a durbar was held for President Akufo-Addo by the powerful ruler..
After the Durbar with the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, the president proceeded to cut the sod for the start of the Kumasi Roads Face-lift Project, which will ensure that overall, 260 kilometres of roads within the Kumasi Metropolis, Ejisu Juaben, Sekyere East, Bekwai and Mampong municipal areas, witness upgrades and major improvements.
The President revealed the detail is the construction of over 100 kilometres of highways and feeder roads in the Region, all funded by the Sino-Hydro facility.
The project, he added, will also take into account the remodeling of the four roundabouts, between Ejisu and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and also asphaltic overlay on 135 kilometres of roads within the Kumasi Metropolis, to deal with the issue of potholes, and, thereby, give the roads in the Metropolis a new lease of life.
Speaking at the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo noted that the present state of roads in Kumasi does not befit its status as Ghana’s second largest city, the reason why “Government is committed to improving quickly the condition of the roads in Kumasi, and by extension in the Ashanti Region. That is why Government, through the Ministry of Roads and Highways, has begun work on some critical roads in the region.”
The president urged those who might be affected by the roads project to cooperate with the authorities.
“I urge all those whose properties might be affected by the various projects to co-operate with the Ministry of Roads and Highways and other relevant state institutions in accessing the compensation due them. We shall ensure that fair and adequate compensation is be paid to all persons and properties that shall be affected,” he added.
These projects, the President said, “represent an exciting phase in the infrastructural development not only of Asanteman, and, but, indeed, of the entire country”.
“We are on the cusp of a bold, new beginning, and I urge all Ghanaians to join hands with Government as we strive to bring progress and prosperity to all parts of our country,” he added.
Source: MyNewsGH.com
