Story: A. Kofoya-Tetteh, Donkorkrom
THE Minister of State in charge of Transportation, Mr Godfrey Bayon, has assured people in the Kwahu North District (formerly Afram Plains) that the government would not relent in the district’s road rehabilitation programme to improve transportation in the area.
This, he said, would not only make it possible for farmers in the area to market their produce but would open up the place for both local and foreign investors.
Mr Bayon gave the assurance when he inspected work on a number of roads being rehabilitated or constructed in the district.
Some of the roads were the ¢7.7 billion Ekye Amanfrom-Amankwakrom Road being funded by the Road Fund, the ¢3.5 billion Tease-Anlo Faase Adrom road, the ¢2.7 billion Abotanso-Kofiyina-Apesika road and the Kwamepong Nkwanta-Mamekrobo road, all being funded by the European Union through the Government of Ghana initiative.
“We cannot sit down while roads in such an important agricultural area deteriorate and the people suffer and this is why we are rehabilitating them to improve their living standards,” Mr Bayon stated.
At Donkorkrom, the district capital, the minister was happy about the work on the streets, which were being tarred for the first time, and expressed the hope that completion of work would uplift the image of the town.
Mr Bayon expressed the government’s gratitude to the European Union for its assistance for the projects.
The Eastern Regional Engineer of the Ghana Highway Authority, Mr Bernard Badu, who conducted the minister round the various projects, said the district had 588 kilometres of roads out of which 57.7 kilometres, constituting 10 per cent had been tarred, adding that those not tarred were periodically rehabilitated at least twice a year to make them motorable at all times.
The District Chief Executive for the area, Mr Solomon Fordjour, said considering the rate at which construction works were going on, the district would soon have most of its roads in good shape.
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