{"id":186976,"date":"2016-02-04T09:15:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T09:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=186976"},"modified":"2016-02-04T09:15:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T09:15:31","slug":"cost-of-kasoa-interchange-not-inflated-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=186976","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Kasoa interchange not inflated &#8211; Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Dramani Mahama has reacted to critics who say the cost of the Kasoa Interchange Project has been inflated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186983 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mahama2.png\" alt=\"mahama2\" width=\"635\" height=\"424\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) had accused government of inflating the project which was approved by Parliament in October last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186985 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mahama5.png\" alt=\"mahama5\" width=\"632\" height=\"424\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 172 million dollar project, comprises the construction of 200 meter Interchange Bridge, a new roundabout, drainage, lighting system, 33-kilometre Amasaman-Kasoa road and and\u00a020-kilometer road in the Ga South municipality and Kasoa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186986 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mahama6.png\" alt=\"mahama6\" width=\"633\" height=\"423\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But speaking at the sod cutting ceremony to commerce work on the project President Mahama said such criticisms will not stop him from bringing development to the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186987 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/nahama7.png\" alt=\"nahama7\" width=\"636\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhen you are a political quantity surveyor and you look at Kasoa interchange and you say it is too expensive, what are you talking about? You haven\u2019t seen the scope of works, you are haven\u2019t seen the bill of quantities, you haven\u2019t done a survey of building materials around here and you are able to judge that the cost is too expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186982 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mahama.png\" alt=\"mahama\" width=\"638\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Mahama explained that \u201cthe central interchange serves the commuting traffic going from Accra to Central Region and those crossing from Nyanyano to Bawjiase. But there are two other bridges that serve the local people who want to crossover from the southern part of the city to the northern part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186984 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mahama4.png\" alt=\"mahama4\" width=\"636\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186980 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/9.png\" alt=\"9\" width=\"634\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186979 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/8.png\" alt=\"8\" width=\"635\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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