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The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Roberts Asenso-Boakye, has charged contractors working on all inner city roads to speed up work to give the people confidence that the government is really committed to its year of roads agenda.
The Minister said this in Accra yesterday after inspecting rehabilitation works of the 24-kilometre 3-Junction to Obom Junction, Kwashiekuma to Ayikai Doblo in the Ga West Municipality.
The others are 2.5-kilometre Nuumo Ntre, Cinamon, + Liberation street at Mile 7 and the Amarmoley link roads, the Ga North, as well as the construction of long drains at 7- days Asofan, all in the Ga North Municipality.
According to him, roads in the region did not only serve as major links for the country, but for other West African countries, “as everything possible would be done to rehabilitate all bad ones to promote the economic activities of the people.”
Mr Asenso-Boakye also inspected the Rehabilitated Bailey Bridge linking 3 Junction and Kojo Ashong in the Ga West Municipality which had been completed and opened to traffic.
The Minister after inspecting the rehabilitated bridge expressed satisfaction at the level of work done and charged the Ga West Municipal Assembly to prevent loaded tipper trucks from using the bridge in order ensure its lifespan.
He stated that the business activities of the people should not be allowed to be disrupted, and commended the contractor for good work done.
The bridge, which had been in deplorable state, disrupted the economic activities of the people of Kwashiekuma and adjoining communities who have their businesses in Amasaman.
It is recalled that the Roads and Highways Minister on May 31 this year during a duty tour to parts of the Greater Accra directed that the bridge should immediately be rehabilitated to prevent any unfortunate incident from happening.
He said the quality of life of the people within the area must be improved hence the desire to increase connectivity and accessibility within the areas visited
