#OFOR campaign: Obuasi gets 10 kilometre road projects – Urban Roads Engineer reveals
Residents in the Obuasi West and East Municipal and District Assembly have been assured of new and better roads in the area in few months.
Speaking in an interview with our reporter, Evans Agyei Sikapa on Otec FM’s new programme ‘Asanteman Akwan’, a project called ‘Operation Fix Our Roads’ (#OFOR), on the morning show ‘Nyansapo’, hosted by Captain Koda, the Urban Roads Engineer for Obuasi Mr. Kwame Osei Agyeman stated that the Obuasi East and West Assemblies have been granted a 10 kilometre road project within the Obuasi Central Business District by the Anglo Gold Ashanti Company (AGA) to ensure people of Obuasi and its environs have accessible roads.
He added that contractors working on the main Anwia-Nkwanta to Obuasi highway as well as other internal roads in the area had been awarded to contractors who will be on site in a few days.
Mr. Agyeman however called on the public especially residents of Obuasi to consult them for any information concerning the road project.
He called on residents within the Obuasi area to stay calm because the government is doing her best to ensure the mining community gets access to good roads.
Roads in the municipality such as Brahabebome, Boatey, Bossman and Akaporiso, according to the reporter, were rough and full of pot-holes, including nearly collapsed bridge, making it impossible for smooth accessible to motorists.
Motorists who spoke to Otec News said apart from wasting longer period to complete their various routes, they spend most of their daily earns on fuel and maintenance due to the poor road networks, a situation having toll on their businesses.
“We have complained about the bad roads in the area since time immemorial but yet to receive any good news from the authorities so we have all decided that until the roads are fix, we will show Nana Addo and government to exit in 2020,” they warned.
On the Awiankwanta-Obuasi road which under construction, drivers and commuters called on the government to terminate the contract of Joshop Contractors working on the project, for its lackadaisical attitude that has worsening the plight of the dwellers with dust and mud, according to Evans Agyei Sikapa.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/Evans Agyei Sikapa
