President John Mahama has cut the
tape to open two flyovers at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.
This is expected to ease traffic
congestion in the city centre.
According to engineers working on
the project, the diversion of traffic onto the bridges will allow for work on
other parts of the Kwame Nkrumah interchange.
The project which started two years
ago has forced the contractor, Queiroz Galvao Construction, to create a
number of diversions and relocations to ease the traffic that builds up at the
busy area.
The 74.88 million Euro project is
being jointly financed by the Ghana government and credit from Brazil.
Urban Roads Director, Raymond
Ahwollu, said the opening of parts of the road was preceded by a short
inspection of ongoing works by the president.
Mr Gatsiko said work on the third
interchange, which will link Ring Road Central to Ring Road West, was far
advanced.
Work on the loop, which would
connect to the interchanges, is also near completion, he said.
He said the outstanding major work
is the improvement of the other roads around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
Generally, Mr Gatsiko said, the
whole project is about 75 percent complete, and indicated that work would be
completed by December, 2015, or latest January, 2016.
The opening of the road generated
some controversy when the bridges were draped in party colours of the governing
National Democratic Congress.
Some Ghanaians who called into Joy
FM’s super Morning Show Friday expressed disappointment with the development.
Source: Myjoyonline
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