Road Minister Inspects projects in Accra

By: Mary Mensah: ACCRA,
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Alhaji Innusah Fuseini, has expressed satisfaction with the level of construction works so far done on some selected projects in Accra.
The projects are: the construction of the pedestrians footbridge at the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange, Traffic management works around the Accra Mall and the Polo Court Roundabout, reconstruction of the Giffard Road and the construction of the Burma Camp roads one and two.
The other projects are the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, construction of Awoshie-Pokuase road and community infrastructure projects, public transport improvement measures and the BRT on the Amasaman-Accra central business district (CBD) route.
Accompanied by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, and the Deputy Minister of Transport, Mrs Joyce Bawah Mogtari, the Roads Minister inspected six projects in Accra last Friday.
Level of Completion
Alhaji Fuseini said levels of completion ranged from 34 to 94 per cent and that all the contractors had worked within specifications, noting that all the projects would be completed on schedule.
He said the government, acting through the Department of Urban Roads, was implementing the Turket project to construct four pedestrian footbridges at hazardous road locations in Accra and Kumasi.
The four bridge locations as the Tetteh Quarshie, Mallam Market, Shiashie, all in Accra, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Junction  (KNUST) in Kumasi.
The 76 million Euro pedestrian bridges project is being funded by the Austrian government and the government of Ghana. The objective is to provide safe crossing for pedestrians at those locations and also allow traffic to flow freely without pedestrian interruptions.
At the Polo bypass in Accra, Alhaji Abass Awulu, Director for Urban Roads, who conducted the ministers round the projects, said henceforth the road from the Airport Roundabout to Woolworth, no longer linked the main 37-Tetteh Quarshie road from the Kotoka International Airport.
On the Awoshie-Pokuase road and community development project also in Accra, Alhaji Fuseini said the project sought to ensure improvement in mobility and accessibility to the rapidly developing north-western corridor of Accra.
Safety Measures
For her part, Mrs Mogtari advised the contractors to provide all the necessary safety measures, such as road markings on the road, as early as practicable.
“We all know what happened on the N1 Highway and we don’t want a recurrence of that on the new roads,” she cautioned.
For his part, Nii Afotey Agbo also said he was satisfied with the level of development in the region and urged the contractors to stay focused on the projects and work according to specifications.
 The projects in Accra which started almost two years ago, are expected to be completed by the end of this year, to ease congestion on the Spintex and Tema motorway roads, as they would serve as major alternative routes.
 Quick Read
 • Work on a number of road and traffic management projects in the Accra metropolis are expected to be completed before the end of the year.
 • They include the pedestrians footbridge at the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange, traffic management works around the Accra Mall and the Polo Court Roundabout and the reconstruction of the Giffard Road.
Pull quote
Alhaji Fuseini said levels of completion ranged from 34 to 94 per cent and that all the contractors had worked within specifications, noting that all the projects would be completed on schedule.