{"id":296790,"date":"2017-02-24T09:30:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T09:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=296790"},"modified":"2017-02-24T09:30:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T09:30:03","slug":"awoshie-pokuase-interchange-project-to-start-this-year-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/awoshie-pokuase-interchange-project-to-start-this-year-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Awoshie-Pokuase interchange project to start this year \u2013 Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta, says work on the Awoshie-Pokuase interchange will commence later in 2017.<\/p>\n

According to him, the procurement processes for the commencement of the 95 million dollar project will be completed in six months.<\/p>\n

The Minister in an interview with journalists after touring the project site on Thursday [February 23], said the project, when completed, will ease the terrible traffic situation on the Achimota-Nsawam stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway.<\/p>\n

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Artistic impression of the project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He said, \u201cA lot of project works are going on. If that is completed, it will ease the congestion that the traveling public experience on daily basis. It is a 3-tier interchange project, and we have started all the procurement processes. 6 months from now, that should be done; and it will take almost 2 years to go through that. We are going to put up a school, ICT centers and it will be a huge edifice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project, which was initiated by the previous NDC government, saw parliament approve a loan of $83.6 million for the expansion in 2016.<\/p>\n

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing the funds, while the Government of Ghana (GoG) is to offer a counterpart funding of $11.1 million.<\/p>\n

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By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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