Dust killing us-Assemblymember cries out 

The Assembly Member for Nana Boakye electoral area in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region,  Mr. Kyereh Andrews is appealing for the completion of the Berekum Jamdede to Koraso road.

Even though Mr. Kyereh praised the government and the MP for the area Mr. Kwaku Agyenim Boateng for their effort in the construction of the road, he is appealing to the authorities to contact the contractor to speed up his effort to complete the construction as his electorates are suffering from dust.

Mr. Kyereh was quick to add that, robbers are taking over the community due to the unavailability of Police post at Koraso so he appealed to the Assembly and philanthropists to their aid to complete a Police station project which was started by an association in the community which is in about 80% completion stage.

The government of Ghana signed a $2 billion Master Project Support with China in 2018 to address major infrastructure challenges in the country.

Under the deal, Sinohydro Group Limited of China will provide the infrastructure of the government’s choice in exchange for Ghana’s refined bauxite.

The first phase of the project, costing $646.6 million begins with the Tamale Interchange project.

The projects under Phase 1, which have been approved by Parliament, are:

Lot 1 – Construction of Accra Inner City Roads. A total of eighty-four (84) kilometers of roads located in Trobu, Anyaa-Sowutoum, Dome-Kwabenya, Adenta, and Teshie will be constructed.

Lot 2 – Construction of Kumasi and Mampong Inner City Roads. A total of one hundred (100) kilometers of inner-city roads will be constructed in Kumasi and Mampong. In Kumasi, the affected road networks are in Manhyia, Suame, Tafo Pankrono, Asokwa, Kwadaso, Oforikrom, Subin, Nhyiaeso and Bantama;

Lot 3 – Construction of the Tamale Interchange.

Lot 4 – Construction of the PTC Roundabout Interchange, in Sekondi-Takoradi, the first interchange in the western part of our country;

Lot 5 – Dualisation of the Adenta-Dodowa Road. Fourteen (14) kilometers of the Adenta-Dodowa Road will be dualised so as to reduce congestion, improve road safety, and reduce travel times on the corridor;

Lot 6 – Construction of Sunyani Inner City and Berekum Township Roads. A total of thirty-nine (39) kilometers of roads will be constructed in Sunyani and Berekum Township. In Sunyani, twenty-nine (29) kilometers of inner-city roads will be constructed, whilst Berekum Township will see ten (10) kilometers of its roads constructed;

Lot 7 – Construction of Prestea Township and Cape Coast Inner City Roads. A total of thirty-two (32) kilometers of roads will be constructed in Cape Coast and Prestea. In Cape Coast, twenty-two kilometers (22) of inner-city roads will be constructed, whilst Prestea Township will see ten (10) kilometers of roads constructed.

Lot 8 – Upgrading of Selected Feeder Roads in Ashanti and Western Regions. Sixty-eight (68) kilometers of feeder roads in the Ashanti and Western North regions will be rehabilitated. The roads that will be rehabilitated are mainly in communities that have bauxite deposits.

Lot 9 – Rehabilitation of Akim Oda-Ofoase Road. This lot involves the rehabilitation of the thirty-eight (38) kilometer Akim Oda-Ofoase road, which is part of the trunk road network, IR3, and passes through several rural communities that connect Akim Oda to Ofoase;

Lot 10 – Construction of the Hohoe-Jasikan-Dodo Pepesu Road of the Eastern Corridor. This will involve the construction of the sixty-six (66) kilometer section of the Eastern Corridor Road between Hohoe to Jasikan and Dodo Pepesu;

Under Phase 2 of the Sinohydro deal, which will come on stream after approval by Parliament, an additional 1,300 kilometers of roads, 3 interchanges, and 69 steel bridges will be constructed, at an estimated $850 million dollars.

Nana Ama Asiedu, Bono Region