The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has toured the Afigya Kwabre North and South districts inspecting the road network in the areas.
The tour was provoked by concerns raised by residents of Abroma about the deplorable conditions of roads in the area.
The Minister, who was accompanied by Mr. Kan Dapaah, National Security Minister, engineers from the Department of Feeder Roads, Urban Roads and the Ghana Highway Authority and Mr. Hayford Ofosuhene, the newly elected Afigya Kwabre North Constituency Chairman, met the chiefs and assured them that the road from Soko to Adukrom, through Abroma, would be constructed.
At Nsuontem where he met with the chiefs and people, the Minister instructed that the reconstruction of the road, which had caved in from pressure of the rains, should be given top priority.
Mr. Amoako Atta inspected the Ahenkro-Kyekyewre roads and Boaman-Nsuotam bridge promising to initiate the construction of bridges on them.
The Minister and his entourage ended the day’s tour at Nkwantakese, where he inspected ongoing road projects within the Kwabre enclave.
Minister Amoako Atta, however, assured the people that all broken bridges and culverts in the Afigya Kwabre North and South district would be re-constructed immediately before the start of the rainy season, and announced that the road from Ahenkro to Kyekyewere would be asphalted.
According to him, government was committed to improving roads in the district, and urged road contractors not to thwart government efforts by delaying the execution of their projects.
The Chief of Nsuontem, Nana Koantwam, appealed to the Ministry to speed up the construction of the bridges that link Nsuontem and Offinso.
Mr. Hayford Ofosuhene, the newly elected Chairman, expressed his profound gratitude to Mr. Albert Kan-Dapaah, National Security Minister, and Mr. Karikari Achamfuor, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Afigya Kwabre North, for playing a pivotal role in ensuring a successful tour by the Minister.
