WORK ON OBO-ADUAMOA ROAD PROGRESSES (PAGE 35, OCT 13, 2010)

CONSTRUCTION work on a new four-kilometre road to link Obo and Aduamoa on the Kwahu Scarf in the Kwahu South District is progressing steadily.
When completed, the new road will shorten travel time and distance by about 18 kilometres because travellers will no longer have to pass through a semi-circular route from Nkwatia, Mpraeso and Obomeng before getting to either Obo or Aduamoa.
The project is being implemented by the Community-Based Rural Development Project (CBRDP) with funding from the World Bank at an approximate cost of GH259,000 out of which the assembly is contributing 10 per cent.
It is being executed by Dan Bort Company Limited, a road construction firm.
The Kwahu South District Assembly had to initiate the project after Nana Onini Afari, the Chief of Aduamoa and Nana Afari Boadjan, the Obohene had appealed to the government through the assembly to construct the road, a distance of approximately four kilometres, to link the two towns.
According to them, the construction of the road will facilitate the carting of tiger nuts, the main agricultural produce in the area from Aduamoa to the marketing centres, as well as easing the movement of people and tourists who flock the district during the Easter period.
Speaking to media practitioners during a tour to the site, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Kwahu South, Mr Joseph Omari, said the government had to listen to the chiefs and people of the two towns after realising that the construction of the road would be beneficial to them.
He said apart from the new road making it possible for the farmers to send their produce to the marketing centres at a lesser cost, it would also boost tourism in the area.
According to the DCE, the area had many tourist attractions such as ancestral caves and lofty mountains, one of which provided a launching pad for paragliding.
Mr Omari was satisfied with work so far done on the road and expressed the hope that the project would be completed by the end of November, one month ahead of the scheduled period.