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Tetteh Quarshie-Mallam Junction dual
carriageway construction to start
Accra, Oct. 29, Ghanadot/GNA - The Government on Wednesday
added another significant landmark to its road
infrastructure development with the start of reconstruction
work to upgrade the Tetteh Quarshie-Mallam Junction single
carriageway to a three-lane dual carriageway.
The 14.1 kilometre road project is an extension of the
Accra-Tema Motorway, which has been on the drawing board for
more than 40 years.....It is being implemented under the Millennium Challenge
Account (MCA) Ghana Compact.
The project is in two phases and would involve the building
of two interchanges, one at Dimples Junction and another at
Mallam Junction.
Lot one of the first phase runs from Tetteh Quarshie-Apenkwa
interchange and is being done by Chinese Contractors, China
Railway (Wuju) Corporation at a cost of 42.2 million
dollars.
President John Agyekum Kufuor, who was on hand to break the
ground to mark the formal commencement of work, said when
completed it would improve the turnaround time from farm
gates particularly in the Central Region, one of the key
regions involved in the MCA, to the Kotoka International
Airport and Tema seaport.
Additionally, it would tremendously help to reduce vehicle
travel time and operating cost.
President Kufuor said the overall impact of the road to be
known as George Walker Bush Motorway was going to be
immense.
Currently, travelling on it is slow and tedious as a result
of heavy human and vehicular traffic.
The MCA Ghana Compact is being supported by the United
States in the sum of 547 million dollars.
He conveyed appreciation to the US for the development
assistance, which, he said, was facilitating the realisation
of the nation's 40 years dream of a first class motorway
stretching all the way from Tema to Mallam Junction.
Mr John J. Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer of the
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), described the
project as a linchpin to help Ghana to achieve agricultural
transformation.
Infrastructure development, he noted, was critical to
economic growth and poverty reduction.
He said he was confident that the two countries in the next
two years would look back and say, "our partnership made the
difference".
Mr Danilovich said his country and Ghana shared in the goal
of achieving prosperity for their peoples, adding that, "We
believe in Ghana's bright future."
He gave the assurance that the US’s commitment to helping to
end poverty in Africa was not going to wane under the next
US Administration.
Dr Richard Anane, Minister of Transportation, said 950
kilometres of feeder roads and 250 kilometres of trunk roads
would be upgraded under the MCA programme.
GNA
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