Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), has reiterated the need for President Akufo-Addo to expedite the processes for work to commence on the Suame Interchange Project.
This is the second time the politician is appealing.
In May this year, Chairman Wontumi charged the President to expedite the processes of the project so they would be able to win the 2024 general elections.
President Akufo-Addo in October 2022 broke the ground for the project.
However, the project is yet to commence.
Chairman Wontumi, in his latest appeal, noted the plea for the President to ensure that work on the Suame interchange begins.
He stressed that starting the project would contribute to garnering support for the president in the region in the 2024 elections.
“The regional executives have conglomerated here to pray for the government and pray for Nana Akufo-Addo for the Ashanti [Region branch of the] party and the Ashanti Region for the commencement of interchange to become a reality, not cutting sod,” he told journalists.
The Suame Interchange project, which is in fulfilment of a pledge the President made during a tour of the Ashanti Region in 2021, will consist of a four-tier interchange at the current Suame Roundabout, with overpasses at the Abrepo, Krofrom, Anomangye, Magazine New Road and Abusuakruwa junctions.
It will be the first four-tier interchange in the Ashanti Region and the second in the country, after the Pokuase Interchange in the Greater Accra Region.
Construction of the interchange will be undertaken by M/S Grupo Dizmar of Spain and Rango Construction Limited, a Ghanaian company, while the complementary road component will be undertaken wholly by a Ghanaian firm, Rango Construction Company Limited, with the supervision of the entire project being the responsibility of the Ministry of Roads and Highways, through the Department of Urban Roads.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana