General News of Monday, 1 April 2019Source: classfmonline.comCabinet approves €55m for Kumasi roadsplay videoInformation Minister, Kojo Oppong NkrumahThe Akufo-Addo Cabinet has approved a €55-million facility for the rehabilitation of a 100-kilometre road network and street projects for some towns and communities in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The facility is a credit agreement between the government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank meant for Auxiliary Infrastructure of Kumasi inner-city roads and a commercial agreement between the Ministry of Roads and Highways and a construction firm, Contracta Construction UK for the implementation of the project. This was disclosed by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah at a press conference on Sunday, 31 March 2019. 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. Mr Nkrumah said the rehabilitation of the roads in the already-mentioned towns and communities is in accordance with the government’s recognition of good road infrastructure as a critical facilitator for rapid socio-economic development.

Source: GhanaWeb March 31, 2019 14:48 UTC