Parliament is considering investing an amount of $338 million to revolutionise the road sector in Accra.
If approved, the 36-month project will involve expanding the Tema Motorway to 10 lanes, while the N1 will be expanded to six lanes on each side.
According to the Vice Chair of the Finance Committee, Patrick Boamah, other ancillary works in the project include interchanges at Dzorwulu, Achimota, and Neoplan.
“Accra-Tema motorway alone is 19.5 kilometers but this project is 27.7 kilometers. One would ask where are you getting the remainder from? So, this is the scope of work," he said.
“The entire project is divided into three sections; one, two, and three. The first section is the Accra-Tema motorway which is 19.5 kilometers and it is going to be the rehabilitation and expansion of a minimum of 10 lanes on the motorway. Then there is also going to be the reconstruction of the Tetteh Quarshie interchange.
“Then the construction of the Teshie link interchange, construction of Community 18 foot interchange, Construction of Lashibi interchange, construction of eight toll booths plazas, construction of 10 new footbridges, enhancement of road traffic in Lagos [Tema].
“Then the Lagos Avenue link, Accra North of the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange, then the rehabilitation of the Liberia road to polo club and overpass to polo club, South of the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange that is section one.
Mr Boamah made this known during a briefing of journalists ahead of a joint committee of Parliament meeting over the project proposal.
The Okaikwei Central MP explained that the second section contains the N1, George Walker Bush High Way which will cover a scope of 5.7 kilometers and the rehabilitation and widening of a 12-lane road.
Again, Mr Boamah added that there would be a construction of an interchange at Dzorwulu, two toll plazas, and two new footbridges.
The Vice Chairman of the Finance Committee said the final and third scope would include the rehabilitation of the existing six-lane Nsawam road, roads in Tesano, Achimota Interchange Apenkwa interchange, and the construction of the Neoplan interchange
He added that the construction was a joint venture between Maripoma Limited which will work on the Pokuase to Nsawam stretch and Ghana Infrasture Fund, who have sent up a wholly subsidiary company to help execute this project.
Although Mr Boamah did not emphatically say when the project would begin, he was optimistic it would start after parliamentary approval and contracts are signed.
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