In that regard, he said, he would use the sovereign powers of the state to enforce the law to force people to respected laid down regulations.

[contextly_sidebar id=”J6e7ihyGsIyzOHo9rz5Frot30LxEoZ6o”]The Minister’s comments came in the wake of an unruly behaviour of an owner of excavators whose hiring equipment was within road reservation area, thereby hindering the progress of construction works at the Spintex Underground Tunnel, near Flower Pot Junction, which would link the area to East Legon.

Three persons were arrested in the ensuing scuffle and handed over to the East Legon Police Station.

Mr Amoako-Atta said this when he inspected ongoing construction works of the Spintex Underground Tunnel, near Flower Pot Junction and Tema Roundabout Improvement Works in the Greater Accra Region, on Monday.

He said upon completion of the two projects, it would ease traffic congestion on the Tema Motorway and other adjoining roads, because vehicles would be moving simultaneously, which would promote productivity.

The Minister noted that the Government put high premium on value for money and would make sure all government projects were properly executed to specifications.

Mr Feda Natour, the Chief Engineer of SONITRA, the contractors for the Spintex Underground Tunnel, said the 55-metre underground project was in three phases.

He said the first phase involved the construction of a 21.5-metre stretch on the East Legon side of the road, a 21.5-metre stretch on the Spintex Road side and a 12-metre in the middle of the road.

Mr Natour, however, expressed worry that due to the occupation of the other side of the road by a private firm that had earth-moving equipment parked there, it would delay the construction works if urgent measures were not taken to eject them.

The project, estimated at the cost of GH¢15million, was expected to be completed by the end of this year.

At the Tema Motorway Roundabout, Mr. Amoako-Atta inspected the ongoing improvement works, which was being funded by the Meridian Port Services (MPS) as part of the Tema Port Expansion Works.

The project, which was estimated at the cost of GH¢30 million, was being undertaken by Sinohydro Ghana Limited.

It involved the construction of four additional lanes from the main Tema Roundabout, construction of double lanes at the Akosombo and Tema Hospital ends of the roundabout, in order to ease flow of traffic as well as landscaping of the roundabout to enhance the beautification of the area.

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Source: GNA

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This forms part of construction works on the improvement of the Tema Motorway Roundabout.

[contextly_sidebar id=”kmxJ6aKNrqXeV5B5f8T4zjXl4FkKyzsJ”]As a result, all vehicles passing through the Tema Motorway Roundabout (from Accra, Akosombo or Aflao roads) moving to Tema Harbour shall be diverted to use the Hospital Road and Hospital Link Road as alternate routes to join the main Harbour Road at the Total Filling Station.

A statement issued by the Ghana Highway Authority, the Ministry of Roads and Highways, the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) and the Meridian Port Services, said the works are expected to last three months.

Find below the full statement with details of the diversion

TEMA ROUNDABOUT IMPROVEMENT WORKS – TEMPORARY DIVERSION AT TEMA MOTORWAY ROUNDABOUT

The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) under the auspices of the Ministry of Roads and Highways in collaboration with Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and Meridian Ports Services, wish to inform the general public that the second phase (Akosombo and Harbour approach roads) of construction works on the improvement of the Tema Motorway Roundabout will commence on Sunday, April 30, 2017.

As a result, there will be temporary diversions of the adjoining roads at the motorway roundabout.

Motorists and the general public are therefore advised to note the following:

* All vehicles passing through the Tema Motorway Roundabout (from Accra, Akosombo or Aflao roads) moving to Tema Harbour shall be diverted to use the Hospital Road and Hospital Link Road as alternate routes to join the main Harbour Road at the Total Filling Station.

* The Hospital Road will be used as ONE WAY ONLY from Tema Roundabout to Hospital Link.

* There will be slow movement along the Akosombo-Roundabout Road due to the ongoing road expansion works.

* The second phase is expected to last for three months.

The general public, motorists and pedestrians, are advised to heed to the diversion signs and give their maximum cooperation.

Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

Thank you for your co-operation.

ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF

THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE,

GHANA HIGHWAY AUTHORITY

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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