Koforidua Kassadjan dual carriageway to be ready in April

Story: A. Kofoya-Tetteh, Koforidua
March 28
CONSTRUCTION work on the GH¢380,000 bridge over the rail line on the Kassadjan dual carriageway at Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital, would be completed by the end of April, this year.
The bridge, which is the government's biggest single project being constructed under the New Juaben Roads Rehabilitation Programme, is being executed by A. Naggesten Limited, a Koforidua-based civil engineering firm, with Deoke Consult as the consulting engineers.
According to the New Juaben Municipal Chief Engineer, Mr Abass Awolu, the construction of the bridge on the Kassadjan Road, a by-pass round the Asokore, Effiduasi and Koforidua town, would ease heavy traffic on the current road that passes through the centres of the three town, when completed.
Mr Awolu, who visited the site of the project to acquaint himself with the progress of work, stated that provision had been made under the bridge for the construction of additional rail line in the future.
The construction of the Kassadjan Road, which was going on smoothly, could not, however, progress as expected due to the presence of huge rocks (boulders) at the tail end of it near the Oyoko Junction, which were being blasted with explosive devices.
A visit by the Daily Graphic to the area revealed huge pile of rocks that had been blasted on the road and stone contractors and the local people including children, had taken advantage to cart them away free of charge.
The Deputy Project Manager of China International Water and Electric Corporation, the construction firm, Mr Liu Shunyi, said 30 per cent of work had been done and that it would take one month to complete the rest.