News:
March 17, 2025
The Techiman, Sawla to Wa roads would benefit from President John Dramani Maham’s big push agenda; the Minister for Roads and Highways Governs Kwame Agbodza revealed on the floor of the House.
According to him half a billion dollars is needed to address it and President John Dramani Mahama has instructed that be done, hence the Ministry is putting together a full design and cost to avoid unprepared reactions to addressing the road issues.
Contributing to a statement made by the Member of Parliament for Daffiama/Daffiama/Bussie/Issa Dr. Sebastian Sandaare who appealed for an urgent rehabilitation of the Wa-Bole-Techiman Road to allow easier movement and boost economic growth, the road minister recounted that he has traveled around the country extensively during the 2024 elections, and it is true that you could get to parts of the country and you would wonder whether that is still within the boundaries of Ghana; whether the people staying in those areas also feel they are benefiting from the efforts of the country.
I agree that we have a lot of problems, but some are bigger. The Western corridor right from Elubu to Hamele is very strategic because if you consider the fact that, if you are coming from Hamele you can easily go to Takoradi.
Furthermore, we know that some agriculture products from Ivory Coast can easily come through that part; and the areas have mining potentials too for Ghana, he disclosed.
He noted that the western railway is supposed to be tailored on the same route; “you should try the rout and you see the horror story, something we should have done like yesterday and the stretch is about six hundred and seventy kilometers”.
Mr Agbodza stated that it would cost us one million dollars per kilometer without dualizing it, double surfacing and other things. “If you add interchanges and others it could easily be more than one point two billion dollars”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com