{"id":77425,"date":"2014-12-26T12:42:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T12:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=77425"},"modified":"2014-12-26T12:42:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T12:42:51","slug":"nkrumah-interchange-misplaced-priority-nana-konadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/nkrumah-interchange-misplaced-priority-nana-konadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Nkrumah interchange is misplaced priority – Nana Konadu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former First lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings says the interchange project at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle is a misplaced priority.<\/p>\n

According to her, money being spent on the construction could have been used to complete the Suhum-Nsawam road which is in a deplorable condition.<\/p>\n

The founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in an interview with Accra based TV 3 admitted that the vehicular traffic at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle was unbearable to commuters but insisted that the project could have been undertaken at a later time.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”eSLMbbAvhCMuVwMMqiu2P9KQ9XuDkYCs”]\u201cI know that it can get a little choked but I also compare whatever we are doing there to the road between Suhum and its environs and I ask myself why would we not finish this rather than come and start a new project all together,\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\n

According to her, road constructions play an important role in the socio-economic development of the nation saying, \u201croad constructions are good but it is the most urgent thing? Is that the priority at the moment?\u201d<\/p>\n

She bemoaned the haphazard undertaking of various projects which later tend to be abandoned is indicative of poor planning on the part of government.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s as if we are not planning,\u201d she complained, adding that \u201cthese are the things we need to access before we go into the infrastructural thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs. Rawlings was certain that the funds being used to construct the project \u201ccould have given us water in Accra.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She however clarified that her comments should not be misconstrued to mean the project is not necessary but \u201cis it urgent at the moment?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the long run, it may be necessary but at the time when it was started, something else could have been done with that money,\u201d she maintained.<\/p>\n

The Kwame Nkrumah Circle is a key intersection in Accra which carries about 84,000 vehicles a day.<\/p>\n

It constitutes a key bottleneck in the major road network that links the suburban areas of Accra to the central business district.<\/p>\n

The project is being funded with a loan from the Brazilian government and being executed by Queiroz Galvao, a Brazilian company, is estimated at 74 million euros.<\/p>\n

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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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