President Akufo-Addo cuts sod for project
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday cut sod for the commencement of work on the Yendi Dualisation Road Project.
Spanning a length of 2.53 kilometres, the Yendi Dualisation Road Project is expected to be completed within seven months, that is on March 8, 2023.
At the sod-cutting ceremony, the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, stated that Lot 5 of the Eastern Corridor Road, which starts from Oti Damanko through Bimbilla and ends at Yendi, covers a distance of 94 kilometres, whereas Lot 6 starts from Yendi and ends at Zanteli, making a total length of 116 kilometres.
He told the President that the project, when completed, will serve as an alternative route to the central corridor, and facilitate the transportation of agricultural produce and livestock from the northern part of the country to the south.
The Minister added that other benefits include improvement of socio-economic activities along the corridor, thereby reducing poverty of the citizenry, reduction in road traffic crashes, as well as vehicle operating cost.
He announced that the contractor had completed 165.5km of work between Oti-Damanko and Zanteli. As part of the project, the sections through Yendi and Bimbilla towns would be dualised.
Mr Amoako Atta revealed further that the dualisation of the Yendi and Bimbila towns’ roads will lead to a reduction in congestion in the urbanised areas, and, consequently, a reduction in overall travel time along the corridor.
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