Parliament approves €256 million for Eastern Corridor road upgrade

Parliament has approved the sum of €256 million for the upgrade of lot one of the Eastern Corridor road project.

The lot runs from the Tema Roundabout through Kpong to the Adomi Bridge.

The project includes 19 pedestrian bridges and two intersections at Ashaiman Roundabout and Asutuare Junction.

A Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwabena Owusu-Aduomi emphasized the need for the project to begin.

“It is good that that project has made adequate funding for geo-technical investigation. Mr. Speaker, the previous speaker mentioned what we are going to do on the road. The first 14 kilometres is a three-lane on each side. Then we will continue with two lanes on each side and then we’ll end up 11 kilometres with a single lane on the other side. This is a very important project that I want the House to approve because it is now going to join the Eastern Corridor project that we started from Asikuma junction towards the north so it is a very good project,” he said.

Eastern Region Corridor road project

The Eastern Region Corridor road for a while dominated media and public discussion in the country.

Residents and commuters have over the years appealed to the government to resume work on the deplorable Eastern Corridor road which they say is negatively affecting them.

Although the Roads and Highways Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta, had in the past promised that the Eastern Corridor road will be ready by the end of 2020, he reiterated in January this year that users of the road will soon see a face-lift on that stretch.

Speaking on the final day of the Results Fair, he said contractors have resumed work on the Eastern Corridor road and its completion would shorten the time users will spend on it.

“I am happy to announce that as we speak, the Eastern Corridor road which has been neglected for a very long time. About six or seven contractors are on it working on that stretch of road and it is very important because it links the south to the north,” he said.

Being the shortest route between the Southern sector and the Northern sector of the country, the 965-kilometre Eastern Corridor Road links five regions; the Greater Accra, Eastern, Ashanti, Volta, Oti and Upper East regions.

Source: citinewsroom.com