President Akufo-Addo has revealed that the Dome-Kitase Road is scheduled to be completed within 24 months.
According to him, the construction of the Dome to Kitase Road, serves as a vital link between the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions. He revealed that the construction of this road has been the subject of promises made by various political parties and successive governments over the years.
During the sod-cutting, President Akufo-Addo expressed excitement that the rehabilitation of the Dome-Kitase Road is finally being undertaken under his administration.
“The rehabilitation of the Dome-Kitase Road is being funded by the Government of Ghana and the Kuwaiti Fund. The works, estimated at $35 million and scheduled to be completed within twenty-four (24) months from today, are being undertaken by M/S First Sky Construction Ltd, one of the best road construction companies in the country.”
President Akufo-Addo
The twenty-three-kilometre stretch of road connects the Accra to Kumasi Road to the Accra-Aburi-Koforidua Road and provides an alternate route to road users between Accra and Aburi. The road also provides access to Ashesi University, one of the nation’s foremost Universities.
President Akufo-Addo indicated that the Dome-Kitase project and many other road projects across the country are in line with government’s agenda to provide good, quality road infrastructure to help accelerate the socio-economic development of the country.
Highlighting on some key road projects carried out under his administration, the President stated that some of the road projects includes the construction of one hundred kilometres of roads and auxiliary infrastructure under the Kumasi Inner Ring Road and adjacent streets project. Under this project, roads in Nyhiaeso, Bantama, Oforikrom, Manhyia, Subin, Tafo Pankrono, Asokwa, Suame and Kwadaso have been constructed.
Ongoing road works nationwide
Additionally, President Akufo-Addo emphasized that work is ongoing on the second one-hundred-kilometre Kumasi Inner City Roads Project, which is being undertaken by M/S Sino Hydro, and is currently 10% complete. The dualisation of Tema- Aflao Road, including the construction of interchanges at Kpone, Savana, Dawhenya and Prampram, is equally ongoing.
“Asphaltic overlay works throughout the country are also ongoing. One thousand and five kilometres (1,005kms) were completed between 2017 and 2020, and seven hundred and thirty-nine kilometres (739kms) of asphaltic overlay have been completed between 2021 and now. Government’s target of constructing, in this second term, one thousand, five hundred kilometres (1,500kms) of asphalt overlay works is very much on course.”
President Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo explained that the widening of the Beach Road, from Independence Square to Tema, is ongoing. Lot 1 of this project involves the expansion of the Beach Road from Independence Square to Nungua, and it’s 38% complete. Lot 2, which is the widening of the Beach Road between Nungua and Tema, including the construction of a three-tier interchange at Nungua, is 60% complete.
The President urged the Ministry of Roads and Highways to put in place the necessary traffic management measures to reduce any inconvenience to the public during the construction period. He further urged the contractor, M/S First Sky Construction Ltd., to ensure the completion of the project on time and on budget.
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