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Motorway Deteriorates - Patched Portions Rot Away

Motorway Deteriorates - Patched Portions Rot Away

JICA Organises Third Seminar On Construction Technology For Ghanaian Engineers

A Year On Motorway Still In Bad Shape

Government Has Been Using Part of the US$3.5bn Borrowed to Pay Ex-Gratia and Salaries of John Mahama Since 2017: Razak Kojo Opoku Writes H. E. John Mahama recently said, "Ghana in crisis, nothing to show for US$ 3.5billion borrowed". According to Mr. John Mahama, Ghana is running into debt and…

Amoako-Atta Lied; Pokuase Interchange Not Akufo-Addos Brainchild - Inusah Fuseini

705 There appears to be no end in sight for the indiscipline among many motorists on the Accra-Tema Motorway. On the 19-km motorway on a daily basis, some motorists defy warnings to engage in activities that threaten lives and properties. For three days (March 10 - 12, 2021) when the Daily Graphic monitored activities on the country’s only motorway as a follow-up to a similar exercise in December last year, it observed that the illegal activities along the route were still ongoing. The indisc...

+ The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament has called for the termination of a $570 million Accra-Tema Motorway contract awarded to South African-based Portuguese company Mota-Engil. According to the NDC Caucus, the contract is to serve the interest of the government officials rather than protecting the public purse. Government signed the contract for the design and construction of the Accra-Tema Motorway and Extensions Project from the Tema Interchange through Apenkwa Inte...

Scope of contract As part of the contract, the release said the existing 19.5kilometre motorway is to be reconstructed and expanded into a two-lane dual carriageway for the freeway and a three-lane dual carriageway for the urban highway. The freeway will remain concrete surfacing whilst the urban highway will be in asphaltic concrete with paved shoulders. The Tetteh Quarshie Interchange – Apenkwa Interchange (5.7km) is also to be reconstructed into a 6-lane dual carriageway with asphaltic con...

Contract for Accra-Tema Motorway, extension projects signed LISTEN 4 The Ministry of Roads and Highways says plans are far advanced to have work begin on the design and construction of the Accra-Tema Motorway as well as other extension projects in the country. This follows the successful signing of a contract by the Government with Mota-Engil, Engenharia E Construcao Africa SA, for the project after approval by the Public Procurement Authority and the Central Tender Review Board. A statemen...