{"id":267955,"date":"2016-11-14T06:35:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T06:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=267955"},"modified":"2016-11-14T06:35:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T06:35:53","slug":"mahama-to-open-kwame-nkrumah-interchange-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=267955","title":{"rendered":"Mahama to open Kwame Nkrumah interchange today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama will at 5pm today, November 14 cut the tape to officially open to traffic the Kwame Nkrumah Circle interchange project.<\/p>\n<p>The project funded with a loan from the Brazilian government has been touted as one of the major achievements of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>President Mahama opened two of the flyover in <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/07\/two-nkrumah-interchange-flyovers-open-to-motorists-pictures\/\"><strong>August 2015<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The interchange which has three flyovers also has Fire Service and ambulance stations as well as a bus terminal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-267957 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fab07bde-1a26-4f6b-a340-959a56eed03e-989x1024.jpg\" alt=\"fab07bde-1a26-4f6b-a340-959a56eed03e\" width=\"721\" height=\"747\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The water fountain and the statue of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah have also been redesigned.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued from the Ministry of Roads and Highways said the opening was necessary to reduce congestion and allow traffic to flow freely at the Interchange and its environs.<\/p>\n<p>It cautioned motorists to park only at authorised spaces and urged pedestrians to use designated walk ways.<\/p>\n<p>The statement asked the drivers of big trucks to, as a matter of critical importance, observe the height restrictions when using the Interchange, and also tasked traders to transact businesses at authorised locations.<\/p>\n<p>Click below to watch video:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CKQ7G20RLsU\" width=\"620\" height=\"510\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama will at 5pm today, November 14 cut the tape to officially open to traffic the Kwame Nkrumah Circle interchange project. The project funded with a loan from the Brazilian government has been touted as one of the major achievements of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). President Mahama opened two of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":267959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider-1","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}