1,9881.55 KILOMETRES OF ROADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ...In Western Region (PAGE 22)

THE government is undertaking road works on a total of 1,981.55 kilometres of roads in the Western Region at a cost of GH¢30,222,193.38.
The projects, which are being executed by 126 road contractors, include surfacing, rehabilitation, spot improvement and routine maintenance.
Some of the projects are the surfacing of 15.65 kilometres of town roads at a cost of GH¢3,828,209.49, the surfacing of 66.55 kilometres of mainstream feeder roads at a cost of GH¢9,229,903.58 and the rehabilitation of 130.6 kilometres of roads at a cost of GH¢2,980,122.50.
Others are spot improvement of 341.75 kilometres of roads at a cost of GH¢13,111,479.81 and the routine maintenance of 1,427.00 kilometres of roads at a cost of GH¢ 1,072,478.
The rest of the projects are the Cocoa Roads Improvement Programme (CRIP), which covers 148.1 kilometres of roads being executed at a cost of GH¢32,359,134.65.
Out of the figure, 33.7 kilometres of the roads are being surfaced at a cost of GH¢5,228,750.27, while 144.4 kilometres would soon be awarded at a cost of GH¢27,140,384.38.
The Western Regional Feeder Roads Engineer, Mr Peter Kwesi Yawson, announced this when briefing the Western Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) on the activities of the department, at a meeting in Sekondi.
He said 32 bridges and 16 box culverts had been completed at a total cost of ¢6,188,996, while constructional work on seven other bridges and one box culvert was ongoing at a cost of GH¢1,063,312.00.
According to Mr Yawson, nine other bridges being jointly funded by the government and the Dutch government at a cost of GH¢2,060,0 00 were progressing steadily.
He explained that the Western Region had a total feeder road network of 5,467.10 kilometres.
The feeder roads engineer stated that engineeing work on a total of 3,204.10 kilometres of the roads, representing 58.6 per cent had been completed while that of 726.7 kilometres, representing 13.3 per cent, was partially completed, adding that nothing had been done on 1,536.3 kilometres or 28.1 per cent of the roads.
Mr Yawson said so far 122.2 kilometres of feeder roads in the region had been tarred.