We are determined to complete Eastern Corridor Roads - President

Accra, Feb. 8, – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the Government was determined to find the needed resources to complete the Eastern Corridor roads.

    

“As I have heard it said among the Ewes, “that which is important, you cook in an important pot,” President Akufo-Addo said on Thursday in his second State of the Nation Address to Parliament in Accra.

    

He noted that this network of roads had suffered from deliberate, unproductive propaganda.

    

“It is hard to believe that, at a time when cocoa prices were going down, contracts were awarded for three sections of the road to be funded by COCOBOD,” he said.

    

“It comes as no surprise that COCOBOD has issued directives to suspend work on all three sections, which come up to almost 100 kilometres.”

    

President Akufo-Addo said: “There is a crying need for work to be done on all our roads. The Western Corridor, the Central Corridor, trunk roads, feeder roads, town roads, around the country, all requires urgent attention.”

    

“We are determined to bring our road network to a befitting status, and this year, we shall witness much more activity on the roads,” he stated.

    

“I must make mention of the work being done to restore the Accra-Tema motorway to its iconic status,” he added.

    

He said “with help from Japan, a loyal friend of Ghana”, work would start on a three tier interchange at the motorway roundabout, and also the expansion of the motorway into a six-lane would be implemented from this year.

GNA