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Minister cuts sod for 1.2km road at Soe

The Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu, has cut the sod for construction of a 1.2 kilometre road at Soe, a suburb of Bolgatanga, the Regional capital.

Date Created : 12/20/2023 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Ghanadistricts.com

The road, which would be constructed with drains, would have bitumen sealing of 0.6metres and stretches from the Akuntatimgane Junction to the Bolgatanga ECOMOG Junction.

The project is estimated to cost GH¢ 11,911,258. 27 and would include the provision of 40No. metal street poles and 40No. Led street lamps to brighten the area at night and reduce criminal activities. The Minister said the stretch of road was usually not motorable in the raining season and commended the government for intervention.

The Regional Minister urged the Contractor, Malsons Ltd to ensure that the road project was constructed to meet the required standard, “Where you are to use 11mm, don't replace it with 9.5mm,” he cautioned.

The Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive, Rex Asanga, said the project would open up the area to other development projects as it was strategically located in the Municipality.

He said the project was under the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme (GSCSP) with phase one and two made up of retaining walls, two set 2No. Mechanical sheds with electric wiring, high tension transformer, a Police Station, 1No. eighteen public seater washrooms, 40 No Unit Lockable Stores and Fire Station.

He said the inner roads would be constructed to make the place at Mechanical Enclave habitable for mechanics, which were scattered across the Municipality and for long trucks traveling to Burkina Faso and for those going down south.