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A furious Amoako-Atta could not fathom why roads made in other countries oftentimes have a 10 to 15year life-span before maintenance works works are still out, but the story is different in Ghana .
Speaking to PeaceFM News on the sidelines of his maiden "Meet-The-Press" series under the auspices of the Ministry of Information on Tuesday, Hon. Amoako-Attah condemned the shameful practice of "His pete"To wit,"just throw the gravels around"That some road contractors indulge in.
Those who engage in such reprehensible behavior have no respect for Ghanaians and also do not have the fear of God in them; warning that the Akufo-Addo government will not countenance suchnonsense"Again.
"I am telling you that under the leadership of President Akufo-Addo and his government, this kind of nonsense will not happen again, "he vowed.
The Roads and Highways Minister Revised that a total of 1.407 billion has been disbursed for maintenance works, activities of the beneficiary agencies and repayment of the outstanding portion of the UBA loan at the end of 2018.
He further disclosed that in 2019, a total of about 11,100km of trunk roads are going to be worked on.
"…. there is going to be additional periodic maintenance activities such as spot improvement, re-gravelling, resealing, asphaltic overlay and overlay of roads, 500km, of feeder roads and 400km of urban roads. ..
"Minor rehabilitation works are also expected on 50km of trunk roads, 450km of feeder roads and 60km of urban roads with about 90km of trunk roads and 30km of urban roads scheduled for construction, he added.
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