BENKYEMAA JUNCTION-OSEIKOJOKROM ROAD PROJECT BEGINS NEXT YEAR (PAGE 20)

Reconstruction of the 81-kilometre Benkyema Junction-Oseikojokrom road in the Western Region, which is in a very poor state, is to start next year.
Designs for the reconstruction of the road have been completed.
The project forms the second phase of the 125.4-kilometre Sefwi Wiawso-Oseikojokrom Road Rehabilitation Project.
The first phase of the project, which is the 44.4-kilometre Sefwi Wiawso-Benkyema Road Rehabilitation Project, has been completed.
The General Manager of Interbeton BV, contractors for the project, Mr Albert J.van Warmerdam, disclosed this to the Daily Graphic after the inspection of the Sefwi Wiawso-Benkyema Road Rehabilitation Project.
He said a request had already been submitted to the Dutch Government in the Netherlands for financial aid for the implementation of the project.
Mr Warmerdam explained that there would be negotiations between the Government of Ghana and the Dutch Government to ensure the funding of the second phase of the rehabilitation project.
The complete rehabilitation of the entire road network from Sefwi Wiawso to Oseikojokrom, a border town, would facilitate the smooth transportation of farm produce and cash crops, particularly cocoa, to the market centres and the ports.