General News of Sunday, 31 March 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghCabinet approves €55m facility for Kumasi road infrastructure - Information MinisterKojo Oppong Nkrumah, Information MinisterCabinet has approved a 55 million Euro Facility for the rehabilitation of 100-kilometer road infrastructure for some towns in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region. According to the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the facility is a credit agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank meant for Auxiliary Infrastructure of Kumasi Inner-city Roads. He said: "In addition, several key activities would be undertaken under the Priority Road Infrastructure Projects. These include rehabilitation and upgrading of selected roads, provision of Traffic Management and Pedestrian Safety Facilities including road-line marking and installation of road markings, traffic signs and traffic control devices, rehabilitation of drainage facilities". "The rehabilitation of these roads in the already mentioned towns and communities is in accordance with government’s recognition of good road infrastructure as a critical facilitator for rapid socio-economic development.

Source: GhanaWeb March 31, 2019 15:31 UTC