{"id":99037,"date":"2015-03-14T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=99037"},"modified":"2015-03-14T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T09:00:30","slug":"eye-on-sotnghana-northern-road-projects-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/eye-on-sotnghana-northern-road-projects-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye on #SOTNGhana: Northern road projects on track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is dramatic improvement in road infrastructure across the Northern Region in line with what was captured in President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s State of the Nation Address.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whilst some projects are ongoing, others have been completed awaiting government\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President did not mislead the nation by proudly crediting his administration with some successes gained in the road sector in his home region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the 147-kilometre Fufulso-Sawla Road was almost complete while the Buipe-Tamale road asphalt overlay was completed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24863.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99051\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24863.jpg\" alt=\"road 2\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also mentioned the Nakpanduri-Oti Damanko portion of the Eastern Corridor which works is steadily progressing after the grounds breaking ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Mahama was vindicated when Citi News checked on the aforementioned road projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Chinese companies are working on the Damongo-Fufulso Sawla road which serves a link between the Northern and Upper West Regions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the past, only four wheel drive and heavy duty trucks could use that road where there are a lot of tourism potentials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24843.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99050\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24843.jpg\" alt=\"road 3\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some Tourists enroute to the Mole Game Reserve and students of the University for Development Studies (WA) campus suffered from some armed-robbery cases recorded on that road in the past.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the District Chief Executive for West Gonja, Ali Kassim Bakari, the Damongo-Fufulso Sawla road is 89.5% complete.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have 89.5% work done: just about a few kilometers which are not yet tarred: travelers on this road have it very smooth these days and you can travel from Tamale to Damongo in less than one hour thirty minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have seen a lot of changes on the road: so far you have the Tourists moving to the Mole Park all the time and is always chocked up due to the fact that the road is now smooth: even people with their saloon cars that drive on it smoothly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A victim of several armed robbery cases on that road, Metro TV\u2019s Issac Nongnya in charge of the Northern Region commended government for constructing the road.<br \/>\n\u201cThanks be to God that at long last this road has seen some work on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99049\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24832.jpg\" alt=\"road 4\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He narrated his ordeal, \u201cOn two occasions we were attacked and in one instance was our booty was taken away and usually the attacks happened between Damongo and Fufulso and now that the road is constructed up till now we have not heard about armed robbery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the major challenges on that road is over speeding which the Northern Regional Police Command\u2019s Public Relations Director, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh admitted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPer the monthly statistics that we receive from Damongo at the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit here in the Northern Region, the statistics is now quite frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added, \u201cThat stretch of the road used to be rough but now is almost complete so as usual drivers are over speeding: there are a lot of towns dotted around that stretch and we expect that they will respect speed limit between one town to the other because a lot of settlements are coming up around the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the grounds breaking ceremony for work to commence on the lots 5 and 6 of Eastern Corridor road, President Mahama said government intended going to China for funds to execute the second phase.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe minister for roads and his team will be going to China on my instruction to arrange financing for the final portion of the Eastern Corridor road and that is the Nakpanduri-Kulungugu section of the road: once we secure financing for that section the Eastern Corridor Road will be complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Abdul Karim 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