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Regional News from Saturday, June 15, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-06-15
A grader working on a stretch of Omanjor Road at the time of the visit
The construction of the Omanjor two kilometer road in the Trobu district of Ga West District has begun.
Construction work should be completed by the end of the year.
The road, from Mensah Addo Junction, is the only main road linking Omanjor to Dwenewoho, Olebu, Amamoley and Pokuase. It has become almost impbadable and has caused a lot of inconvenience to users.
The construction of gutters on the road has stopped and a major bridge built on the stretch of the Dwenewoho road has been abandoned and rains have caused it.
In the 2019 budget, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said the government would invest in roads this year and said the Omanjor road was part of the roads to be built.
Cause of delay
Constituency MP Moses Anim was on site with the contractor to ensure the work had started and was proceeding as planned.
S addressing the Daily Graphic, he stated that the first contractor to whom the contract had been awarded had just abandoned the project without just cause.
He said the contract had been rebadigned to a new contractor, Memphis Metropolitan, who would take over the project and complete all abandoned culverts on the road.
"Now that we have a new contractor, there will be no more delay, we hope to finish the project by the end of the year," he added.
Road maintenance
Mr. Anim urged the people of Omanjor to strive to maintain the road once completed.
"Residents should not smother the gutters with garbage so as not to overflow rain on the road, nor should they deliberately pour wastewater into it as this could contribute to the rapid deterioration of the roads. ", did he declare.
Waiting for residents
Some Omanjor residents expressed the hope that the start of construction would not be a nine-day wonder.
Residents and motorists on the Omanjor road have trouble taking the road in poor condition.
A driver, who only called Mr. Amadu, said, "I just went to repair a spring that cost me almost GH? 600 ".
"Our roads are not good and we have to spend more money on spare parts and maintenance, which is more than the sales we make. Even car owners refuse to give us their cars when we tell them that we are taking the Omanjor road and that, to help ourselves, we have to lie by mentioning a different road, "he said. added.
For his part, Mr. Mensah Awagha, vice-president of the GPRTU (Private Road Transport Union in Ghana) section of Omanjor, said he wrote several letters to the Department of Urban Roads and to be serviced with the MP for the region, without success.
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