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On Tuesday, President Nana Akufo-Addo cut the grass for the start of construction of the 35-kilometer Atebubu-Kwame-Danso-Kwame Krom in the Bono Este region.
This road is part of the roads being built under the government’s Critical Roads Program, and Justmoh Construction Ltd.
With the project beginning April 22, the contractor is expected to complete construction on October 21, 2022, and the government will bear the full cost of the highway.
According to Roads Minister Amoako-Atta, the following roads are also being built in the vicinity of the eastern Bono region:
➢ Improvement of Asekye – Atebubu Road (Km 15 + 000 – 30 + 000), a stretch of 15 km that is expected to be completed by July 2, 2022;
➢ Improvement of (Kumfi – Atebubu) 66 + 000 – 96 + 000 Highway The 30 km stretch is expected to be completed by April 18, 2022;
➢ The improvement of the roads of the city of Busunya (5.8 km) is expected to be completed by July 21, 2021; and
➢ Kintampo – Abease – Prang Roa. The total length of the highway from Kintampo to Prang is 103 km. The cumulative length of the sealed sections is 38 km. The Contractor is expected to complete the project by March 19, 2022.
President Akufo-Addo told Chiefs’ Durbar in Atebubu that the massive repairs, improvements, rehabilitation and construction of the numerous highway and bridge development projects demonstrate his government’s commitment to the development of road infrastructure across the country.
He is confident that the difficulties faced by farmers and traders, in their bid to transport their agricultural products to the main commercial centers in Kumasi, Techiman, Nkoranza, Sunyani and other parts of the country, will be improved after the completion of this road project. .
Hours earlier, President Akufo-Addo also commissioned a 1,000 metric ton prefabricated warehouse in Kwame Danso in Sene West constituency.
It is one of 80 that are being built throughout the country.
According to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, before President Akufo-Addo took office, there were only 27 warehouses in the country, all of which were built in the 1960s.
He further explained that as a result of the success of the Planting for Food and Jobs program, the warehouse is expected to not only reduce post-harvest losses, but also motivate farmers to increase production, create market links, stabilize prices of farmers and increase their income.
Furthermore, this intervention will create employment, ensure a continuous flow of agricultural products in the market within the locality and throughout the country.
The Kwame Danso warehouse has auxiliary facilities such as an office and a laboratory, chain-link fences with an entrance shed, a water system and a solar-powered grain dryer, among others.
