The Eastern Regional Minister and MP for Nkawkaw Hon. Eric Kwakye Kofi Darfuor, the Eastern Regional Director for Ghana Highways Authority, Mr. Charles Adubofuor, the Eastern Regional Manager for Feeder Roads, Mr. Osei Nketiah and other roads construction expert embarked on two day tour to inspect the ongoing road construction projects in the region.
The inspection of the road construction projects took us to Kwahu West, South, and East Assembly, New Juaben South and North Assembly, Atiwa West and East, Lower West Akyem Assembly, Birim North, Central and South ,Fanteakwa and North South, Abuakwa South Assembly, Asene Manso Akroso Assembly, Suhum Assembly and ended at Akim Oda Assembly.
Kingdom FM’s KONTINHEN KOFI OBOH speaking in an interview with the Eastern Regional Minister and and MP for Nkawkaw Constituency, Hon. Eric Kwakye Kofi Darfour said, he is very impressed with the ongoing roads construction projects in the region. “Some are completed and others are also under construction” he noted.
“Over 400km of the road have been awarded to Ghana Highways Authority, over 1000km to Feeder roads and 300km to Urban roads. The contractors are also on top of their game and I believe that by the end of this year all the said awarded road projects will be completed” he confirms.
The Regional Minister praised Prez Nana Addo for fulfilling his 2020 year of roads promise and pleaded with Ghanaians to give him another 4 more term to do do more.
The Eastern Regional Director for Ghana Highways Authority Mr. Charles Adubofuor also spoke with Kingdom News and stated, “most of our roads, some of them were began in 2017 , 2018, 2019 and even 2020 and looking at the percentage, some have gotten to its climax meaning the contractors are doing very well on the site and are at the verge of competing.
“The good news is that, all this roads are being constructed by local contractors”
” We have to keep on encouraging and give them training skills and it will help a lot” he adds.
“A time will come all our road projects would be done by the Ghanaian Contractors” he assures.
He added that, “the eastern regional branch of the Ghana Highways have awarded 500km trunk road projects and I have confidence that it will be completed by the end of the 2020; our total road Network is 1,551Km and out of that 500km would be completed by the mentioned time” he said.
Furthermore, the Eastern Regional Manager for Feeder Roads, Mr. Osei Nketiah revealed to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that, they have around “4,226Km road projects they are working on”
Since 2017 to 2020 they have awarded “1000Km of Feeder roads in all the 33 Municipal and District Assemblies in the region”
“Out of the 1000km roads, the contractors have completed 123km with black top or bitumen surface”
“As at 2017 the eastern region Feeder roads were having bitumen surface or pavement roads just “around 326Km”
“So if we are able to add up 123km black top to the previous 326 within the space of 3yrs, then it means work is in progress” he noted.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnews.
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