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President Kufuor cuts sod for work on
36 million dollar trunk roads
Kintampo (B/A), June 21, Ghanadot/GNA
– President John Agyekum Kufuor on Friday cut the sod for
work to begin on the reconstruction of two major trunk roads
in Brong Ahafo.
The 36.1 million dollars work on the 60-kilometres
Techiman-Kintampo road is expected to be completed in two
and half years and is being undertaken by Shizong
Construction Company of South Korea.
The fund for the project was provided by the African
Development Bank.
At Aworowa, near Techiman President Kufuor cut the sod for
the commencement of work on the 30-kilometre Techiman-Wenchi
road project, expected to be completed in 18 months.
This project is funded by the government at the cost of GH¢
15.326 million Ghana Cedis and the contractor is P.W. Ghanem.
President Kufuor noted that the Kintampo area was endowed
with immense natural resources that needed to be exploited
fully for the benefit of the people and Ghana as a whole and
that it was the determination of the government to help
realize this goal.
He stressed that the completion of the Kintampo project
would facilitate business and economic activities between
the north and south of the country as the area served as the
central point of the country.
“The completion of this road project will be a great relief
to transportation as Kintampo is a major viable transit
point for business and economic activities of our people”,
President Kufuor added.
President stressed that with the elevation of Kintampo
district into a municipal status there was the need for all
necessary amenities to be provided and the reconstruction of
the road, which linked the country to neighbouring countries
up north, was part of the government’s commitment to ensure
that the area got what it deserved.
He urged the people to keep the environment clean because of
the area’s tourist potentials and called on the chiefs and
Assembly Members to spearhead the crusade to showcase the
municipal status of the area.
President Kufuor advised the people to pay their taxes,
basic rates and tolls promptly to enable the Municipal
Assembly to mobilise enough funds for more development
programmes.
He also cautioned the Assembly to use the funds that would
accrue for the intended purposes.
On the oil find, President Kufuor declared that, “Ghana is
going to be a happy place to live within three to five
years” and appealed to chiefs and all Ghanaians to avoid
unnecessary conflicts and disputes that could disrupt the
country’s development agenda.
“The government has worked to sustain relative peace within
the past eight years to ensure the steady development of our
people”, he said and urged that the December elections would
witness a vote for the continuity of the government’s
development agenda.
Dr. Richard Anane, Minister of Transportation, reiterated
that 4.6 kilometres of Kintampo town roads would also be
tackled to give the municipal capital a worthy face-lift.
He said all necessary environmental and safety measures had
been considered in the execution of the projects and assured
the general public and motorists that all would be well on
completion of the projects.
A representative of the African Development Bank said the
bank agreed to fund the Kintampo project in acknowledgement
of the government’s commitment to infrastructural
development in the country.
Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom 1V, Omanhene of Nkoranza Traditional
area and President of Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs,
who presided, appealed to the government to help solve the
land dispute with the Gonjas in the area.
Ministers of State attended both functions.
GNA
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