Nkrumah Circle Interchange takes shape
Work on the first phase of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange is taking shape with the mounting of composite bridges.
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The composite bridges, made up of concrete and steel, represent 55 per cent of work to be done under this phase.
Scheduled to be completed by June next year, the first phase involves the construction of three bridges: one from the Akasanomah road to the Vodafone offices, the second from the Vodafone offices to the Barclays Bank area, with the third being the Odaw bridge, close to the Neoplan Station.
The Director of Bridges at the construction site, Mr Emmanuel Degbotse, announced this when members of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GIE) toured the project site last Tuesday. The delegation also visited the West Hill Mall interchange at Weija.
Mr Degbotse indicated that work on the second phase of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle project was expected to be completed by 2016.
The President of the GIE, Mr Magnus Lincoln Quarshie, who led the delegation, commended the government for taking the bold decision to construct an interchange to ease the traffic at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
The construction of the interchange, he said, would also reduce the stress on motorists.
He also commended the local consultant supervising the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange project, stating that the quality of work and the method of construction were very good.
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At the West Hill Mall, Mr Quarshie said the location of the project was very strategic, as it would reduce the pressure around the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange.
He said the delegation was satisfied with the progress of work at both interchanges.
According to him, it was a very good investment because it would provide employment opportunities for Ghanaians.
Local Content.
Commenting on the local content initiatives, Mr Quarshie said the country had a local content law “that ensures that any project which comes through international partnership should have a local content.”
He added that it would enable local employees to have the technical know how and skills to undertake a similar project in the future.
“We must yearn for more local content because it is good for the country,” he advised.
The Project Manager of Diagonal Projects-Ghana Ltd, Mr Walter Segbedzi, who conducted the engineers round the West Hill Mall, said the 27,000 square shopping centre, which is expected to be completed in October this year, had both local and international tenants; with two supermarkets, 65 line shops, a chain of restaurants and a five-screen cinema complex.