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Chinese contractors working on the rehabilitation and extension of roads in downtown Sunyani said on Wednesday that the project is costing the government $ 45 million.
They promised to deliver quality work to meet international standards and ensured to complete the project as planned despite some emerging challenges.
Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia laid the groundwork for work to begin on the 29-kilometer road in Sunyani town in September 2020.
Work on the 30-month project, which began in December last year, is expected to be completed in 2023.
It is part of the rehabilitation and extension of main roads across the country funded under the Sinohydro agreement that the Akufo-Addo government signed with Sinohydro Corporation and the Chinese government.
About eight major suburbs and a total of 26 communities under these suburbs in Sunyani Municipality are benefiting from the project.
They included the roads in the Agyei Ano (Dr. Berko), Mayfair, Baakoniaba, New Town, Berlin Top and Penkwase zones, as well as the Estate inland link roads.
The project also encompasses specific roads in the municipality of Berekum, which would also see massive expansion and rehabilitation works.
Giving an overview of the project in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani, Mr. Fu Jie, the project manager of Lot Six, said that quality and excellence remained the hallmark of the Sinohydro-Corporation.
He said the Ghanaian government is investing heavily in the project and the contractors will also do a great job to meet the required specifications and standards.
Mr. Jie explained that the work on the platform, drainage, culverts and pavements was 30 percent complete, adding that the drainage system alone was 80 percent complete.
He said the rains had somehow affected and delayed some work on the project, saying despite actual road works would start in the municipality in October.
Mr. Jie said all machinery and equipment had been brought to the site and the contractors were waiting for the rains to recede before construction work began.
He mentioned resettlement of land, demolition of houses, relocation of underground water pipes, utility poles and clearing of existing forests as challenges slowing the project.
Mr. Jie expressed the hope that all stakeholders in the project affected areas would collaborate and help address the challenges as soon as possible for the work to move forward.
He added that the project had prioritized local content, saying it had hired 13 Chinese expats and 253 local workers.
“Contractors would be moving to start work on the Berekum Roads projects by October. But that would not affect the Sunyani project because the construction would be carried out simultaneously, ”Jacob Nelson, Bono regional director of the urban roads department, told GNA.
He explained that the Ministry had hired external consultants who were on site every day to monitor the project in order to improve the quality of the work.
Madame Justina Owusu-Banahene, the regional minister of Bono, called on residents, especially those directly affected by the construction works, to cooperate with the contractors.
Crazy. Owusu-Banahene said she was satisfied with the progress of the work, but begged the contractors to speed up so that the project was completed as planned.
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