The Chairman on Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament and MP for Akim Swedru, Mr Kennedy Osei Nyarko has announced that the Government of Ghana is set to commit a total of GHC 2 billion Cedis to the construction of four separate by-passes on the Accra-Kumasi highway as part of its dualization programme.
He explained that, government has signed an agreement with Eight different Ghanaian companies to carry out these projects.
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According to him, a distance of 11.6 kilometers of the by-pass project would be carried at Osino, 6.1 kilometers at Anyinam, 10.5 kilometers at Enyiresi and finally 13.5 kilometers at Konongo.
Mr Osei Nyarko further said, these projects are expected to commence latest by first week of April this year, 2022.
He concluded that, government is carrying these projects with the vision to reducing accidents on that stretch and also manage the heavy traffic flow for motorists and other road users.
In other news: Police to hold mass burial for 300 unidentified bodies
The Ghana Police Hospital is set to embark on a mass burial for three Hundred (300) unidentified and unclaimed bodies.
This is part of its routine measures to decongest the Hospital Mortuary.
According to the police, these unidentified and unclaimed bodies are made up of mostly paupers, unknown former patients, abandoned bodies, unidentified accident and crime victims.
In a statement, the Police urged the General Public to contact the Pathology Department of Police Hospital for identification of the persons who might have not been seen for some time as part of the search.
“This is to avert a situation whereby such bodies are added to those earmarked for the mass burial after Twenty-One (21) days from this announcement,” the police added.
Meanwhile, the Police also encouraged the public acquire the habit of always having an identification card on them to help police and others easily identify them whenever they are in any health crisis or involved in an accident.
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