President Mahama Commissions Two Bridges At Nkrumah Circle

• Preseident Mahama with some chiefs commissioning the project

President John Mahama has cut the tape to open two flyovers at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. This is expected to ease traffic congestion in the city centre.

According to engineers working on the project, the diversion of traffic onto the bridges will allow for work on other parts of the Kwame Nkrumah interchange.
The project which started two years ago has forced the contractor, Queiroz Galvao Construction, to create a number of diversions and relocations to ease the traffic that builds up at the busy area.

• A section of the newly opened flyover

The 74.88 million Euro project is being jointly financed by the Ghana government and credit from Brazil.

Urban Roads Director, Raymond Ahwollu, said the opening of parts of the road were preceded by a short inspection of ongoing works by the president.

Mr Gatsiko said work on the third interchange, which will link Ring Road Central to Ring Road West, was far advanced.

• An artist impression of the completed project

Work on the loop, which would connect to the interchanges, is also near completion, he said.

He said the outstanding major work is the improvement of the other roads around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

Generally, Mr Gatsiko said, the whole project is about 75 percent complete, and indicated that work would be completed by December, 2015, or latest January, 2016.

The opening of the road generated some controversy when the bridges were draped in party colours of the governing National Democratic Congress.

Source: Adom Online