The $35 million Dome-Kitase road will be finished in two years, according to Akufo-Addo.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo broke ground on the Dome to Kitase Road, which will connect the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions, on Friday, July 29, 2022.
President Akufo-Addo stated at the sod-cutting ceremony that the construction of this road has been the subject of promises made by various political parties and successive governments over the years.
"I am pleased that the rehabilitation of the Dome to Kitase Road is finally being undertaken under the presidency of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo," he said.
The 23-km stretch of road connects the Accra-Kumasi road to the Accra-Aburi-Koforidua road, and provides an alternate route to road users between Accra and Aburi. The road also provides access to Ashesi University, one of our nation’s foremost Universities.
According to the President, “the rehabilitation of the Dome-Kitase Road is being funded by the Government of Ghana and the Kuwaiti Fund. The works, estimated at thirty-five million dollars ($35 million) and scheduled to be completed within twenty-four (24) months from today, are being undertaken by M/S First Sky Construction Ltd, one of the best road construction companies in the country.”
President Akufo-Addo noted that the Dome-Kitase project and many other road projects across the country are in line with Government’s agenda to provide good, quality road infrastructure to help accelerate the socio-economic development of our country.
The President indicated that some of the road projects completed throughout the country during his presidency include the construction of one hundred kilometres of roads and auxiliary infrastructure under the Kumasi Inner Ring Road and adjacent streets project. Under this project, roads in Nyhiaeso, Bantama, Oforikrom, Manhyia, Subin, Tafo Pankrono, Asokwa, Suame and Kwadaso have been constructed.
Other road projects include the construction of twenty-two kilometres of Cape Coast Inner City Roads under the Sino Hydro Project; the construction of ten kilometres of Prestea and Heman Inner City Roads under the Sino Hydro Project; the completion of the 56.4km Jasikan-Dodo-Pepesu Road on the Eastern Corridor, constructed under the SinoHydro Project; and the thirty-one-kilometre Agona Swedru to Bawjiase Road, which has been substantially completed by M/S China Railway Wuju.
In addition to these, the President stated that work is ongoing on the second one-hundred-kilometre Kumasi Inner City Roads Project, which is being undertaken by M/S Sino Hydro, and is currently 10% complete.
The dualisation of Tema-Aflao Road, including the construction of interchanges at Kpone, Savana, Dawhenya and Prampram, is also ongoing.
The augmenting of the Beach Road from Independence Square to Tema is additionally progressing. Part 1 of this undertaking includes the development of the Beach Road from Independence Square to Nungua, and is 38% (38%) complete. Parcel 2, which is the enlarging of the Beach Road among Nungua and Tema, including the development of a three-level exchange at Nungua, is 60% finished.
The updating of the 15.4-kilometer Ofankor to Nsawam Road into a ten-path office, including the erection of trades at Amasaman, Pobiman, Medie and Nsawam, has recently initiated.
"Asphaltic overlay works all through the nation are likewise continuous. 1,000 and five kilometers (1,005kms) were finished somewhere in the range of 2017 and 2020, and 700 and 39 kilometers (739kms) of asphaltic overlay have been finished among 2021 and presently. Government's objective of developing, in this subsequent term, 1,000, 500 kilometers (1,500kms) of black-top overlay works is a lot of on course," he said.
The President encouraged the Ministry of Roads and Highways to set up the fundamental traffic the executives measures to lessen any bother to people in general during the development time frame, and he asked further the worker for hire, M/S First Sky Construction Ltd., to guarantee the finish of the task on time and on financial plan.
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