Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has today,
The sod Cutting ceremony for the Cape Coast Inner City roads makes it the second time in this week that government is cutting sods for roads captured in the approved Lots under Phase 1 of the Ghana-Sinohydro Master Project Support Agreement.
The first sod cutting ceremony for the week was done for the 88km Hohoe-Jasikan-Dodopepeso road in the Oti region. On Friday, 22nd November, similar sod Cutting ceremony will be held at Nyinahini in the Atwima Mponua constituency in the Ashanti region for about 65km of roads in the bauxite-rich enclave.
Works on the 30km of roads in the communities in
Vice President Bawumia is his address gave strong indications of government's commitment to ensure that the local content clause in the Ghana-Sinohydro Master Project Support Agreement that seeks to leverage a fraction of
Dr. Bawumia assured chiefs and people of
He therefore assured that the necessary arrangements have been made to protect locals in the contracts to be executed under the facility.
"I want to assure you (Nananom) that the contract includes local content that is part of the contract with
The assurance that locals in the project implementation communities will benefit directly from the contacts was also backed by Hon.
On his part, Osaberima Kwesi Atta II, Omanhene of the Oguaa Traditional Area expressed appreciation on behalf of the chiefs and people of
Osaberima Kwesi Atta II bemoaned the fact that most of the aforementioned communities to be captured are not accessible to arterial and major collector roads in
"The current routes are longer and unattractive to vehicle users. This project will reduce the distances and travel times involved so as to improve all weather accessibility in the aforementioned communities", he said.
At the ceremony, the highly elated Member of
She said, the gesture by government on the Cape Coast Inner City roads is a direct response to the numerous concerns raised by residents over the last years on the deplorable state of roads in the City.
Present at today's ceremony were Hon.
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