PRESIDENT CUTS SOD FOR ASANKRAGWA-ENCHI ROAD PROJECT ...(Back Page)

Story: Nehemia Owusu Achiaw & Kwame Asiedu Marfo, Enchi

President John Agyekum Kufuor yesterday cut the sod for work to begin on the 56.4 kilometre road from Asankragwa to Enchi in the Western Region.
The project, which is estimated to cost GH¢2.4 million, is being executed by Top Unit International Corporation, a Chinese firm, and is expected to be completed in three years’ time.
The project involves the construction of a single lane bituminous double-seal road and covers bus bays, taxi stopping lanes and provision for unit structures.
The project is being financed solely by the Government of Ghana.
Addressing a durbar of the chiefs and people of the Aowin-Suaman District at Enchi, President Kufuor said the nation recognised the immense contribution of the Western Region to national development.
“Ghana’s hope and future lies largely in the Western Region,” he said.
He asked the people of the Western Region to disabuse their minds of any notion that the government had neglected the region.
He said since the New Patriotic Party (NPP) assumed office in 2001, the road situation in the Western Region had improved tremendously.
For example, he said, the length of paved roads in the region covering the trunk, feeder and urban network had more than doubled from a total of 520 kilometres in 2000 to 1,096 kilometres in 2005.
Additionally, the length of unpaved roads had also increased more than seven-fold from 829 kilometres in 2000 to 6,546 kilometres at the end of 2006.
He added that three-pronged road development projects, totalling about 190 kilometres, are under construction in the Western Region.