{"id":268463,"date":"2016-11-14T21:33:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T21:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=268463"},"modified":"2016-11-14T21:33:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T21:33:28","slug":"mahama-opens-kwame-nkrumah-interchange-project-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/mahama-opens-kwame-nkrumah-interchange-project-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama opens Kwame Nkrumah Interchange project [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday evening cut the tape for the usage of the entire Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange project.<\/p>\n

The facility, which has three flyovers, also has a recreational facility, library, bus terminal, restaurant, fire, police and ambulance stations.<\/p>\n

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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

The project cost 74 million Euros.<\/p>\n

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The fountain and the statue of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah have also been redesigned.<\/p>\n

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The ceremony was attended by hundreds of people around the busy commercial centre of Circle, as well as members of the incumbent NDC.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the inauguration of the project, President Mahama explained that, the project will ease traffic congestion on that stretch of road.<\/p>\n

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\u201cExperts estimate that, the congestion that used to be created here as a result of the heavy traffic and lack of traffic flow, resulted in an estimated loss of about $100 million per annum to our national economy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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