{"id":305708,"date":"2017-03-28T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=305708"},"modified":"2017-03-28T14:00:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:00:36","slug":"asphalting-of-bolgatanga-bawku-pulmakom-road-begins-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/asphalting-of-bolgatanga-bawku-pulmakom-road-begins-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Asphalting of Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom road begins [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"
The construction of the 116km Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom road, has commenced in the Upper East Region with about 6km of the road undergoing asphalting.<\/p>\n
The cost of the project is estimated to be over GHs600 million, stretching through six constituencies.<\/p>\n
When completed, the road will address the difficulties drivers go through when plying the Bolga-Bawku road.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n It will also serve as an alternative route for transporting agricultural products and other goods from the North to the South through the Eastern corridor.<\/p>\n The project was awarded to Queiroz Galvoa in July 2016, under the erstwhile John Mahama administration.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n It is expected to be completed in about 30 months.<\/p>\n On a working visit by the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr. Rockson Bukari, to ascertain the state of works on the road, the Chief resident engineer, Francis Hammond, said they were working assiduously to complete the project on time.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n He added that, even though the entire project covers 116km, they were only working on 103km because 13km of the project was awarded to another contractor.<\/p>\n Mr. Hammond said the 116km road encompasses three bridges over the Kolaa river, Red Volta and White Volta, with a bypass linking the outskirts of Bawku to Pusiga.<\/p>\n