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Kwame Nkrumah Interchange
Ghana’s total motorable road
network stands at 71,063
km. One of the key planks
of President Mahama’s
transformation agenda is
to expand and modernizse
the road network. This is a
prerequisite to open up the
country in order to reduce
road traffic accidents and
congestion, boost economic
activities and move goods
and services freely.
Unparalled investments have been
made in road projects across the
country in the last few years. The
five year, GH¢3 billion, Cocoa Roads
Improvement Programme (CRIP)
has commenced with ongoing
construction of several roads in
cocoa-growing areas.
Beyond the massive road
construction in cocoa growing areas,
other road projects funded from
various sources are underway. A
summary of the regional breakdown
of these road projects is as follows:
Greater Accra Region
In the Greater Accra Region, major
road projects such as the Kwame
Nkrumah Interchange, the Ring
Road Flyover, the Awoshie-Pokuase
Road (including a community
upgrading component comprising
14 schools, a market, a lorry station,
two health facilities at Ofankor and
Amasaman and water projects),
the Giffard Road, the Burma Camp
Road Phases 1 and 2, the Spintex
Road by-pass, the Boundary
Gulf House Road, the Teshie-
Nungua-Sakumono Beach Road,
the Ashaiman Road and some of
the Gang of Four Roads (Tetteh-
Quarshie Interchange– Adenta and
the Achimota Ofankor), among
others, have either been completed
or are close to completion.
Additional resurfacing works
will also be executed in Ningo
–Prampram, Tema, Ashaiman,
Nungua, Teshie, La and Accra
Central. Preparatory works for
the redevelopment of the Accra-
Tema Motorway into a six-lane
road with four interchanges (Adjei
Kojo, Abattoir, Teshie Link, Tema
Roundabout) have begun. Several
roads in Accra are also being
asphalted.
Eastern Region
In the Eastern Region, work on the
Suhum, Asamankese and Kyebi
town roads have commenced.
The procurement of works on
The five year,
GH¢3 billion,
Cocoa Roads
Improvement
Programme (CRIP)
has commenced
with ongoing
construction of
several roads in
cocoa-growing
areas.
the Kade town roads is ongoing.
These works are being funded by
the Cocobod. Work has resumed
on the Kwafokrom-Apedwa
Road and the south-bound
carriageway is completed. Other
roads, either completed, under
construction or awarded for
construction in the region include
the Nsawam-Apedwa, the Adomi
Bridge which is scheduled to be
completed in 2015, Koforidua-
Bunso, Nsawam-Aburi, Nkawkaw
by-pass, Nkawkaw-Atibie and
Suhum-Asamankese. The contracts
awarded for the rehabilitation of
Adeiso–Asamankese, Nsawam–
Asamankese, Osenase–Akwatia,