A total of 301.6km of trunk roads are expected to be completed in the Eastern Region by the end of 2022.
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This represents about 50 percent of a total of 631.5km of trunk roads which were awarded in the region by the Ghana Highways Authority in 2019.
Briefing the President, Nana Akufo-Addo at a sod-cutting ceremony in the Eastern Region, the Eastern Regional Highway Director, Mr. Charles Adubofour said a total of 11 major trunk roads are currently under construction in the region.
They include the reconstruction of the Osiem-Begoro road, which is 100 percent completed, the reconstruction of the Kwabeng to Akropong Road, 80 percent completed, the reconstruction of the Kwabeng to Abomosu – Asuom Road which is 75 percent completed, and the reconstruction of the New Abirem to Ofoasekum road which stands at 80 percent completed.
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Others are the reconstruction of the Oda to Amanfopong road, 70 percent completed; the reconstruction of the Assam to Subi Road, 66 percent completed; the reconstruction of the Nkawkaw to New Abirem road, 60 percent completed and the rehabilitation of the Asamankese to Akroso road, 60 percent completed.
Source: republicpress
