Workers on circle Interchange embark on sit down strike
Construction workers at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange have embarked on a five-day sit down strike over poor conditions of service.
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According to the workers, talks with their employers over their conditions of service have yielded no fruitful results as of now and hence their last resort was to strike.
The strike action commenced Monday morning as the workers folded their arms and parked all heavy duty equipment.
President John Dramani Mahama cut the sod for the construction of the three-tier interchange at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra in October, 2013.
Nkrumah Circle is one of the busiest areas in Accra.
The 74.88 million euro project is being jointly financed with credit from the Brazilian Government and the Ghana Government.
According to the project design, the first of the interchanges will link the Akasanoma Road to the Nsawam Road, around the Vodafone building.
The other interchange will link the Nsawam Road to the Nkrumah Avenue, around the Ghana Commercial Bank building, while the third interchange will link Ring Road Central to Ring Road West.
Aside from the three-tier interchange, other roads around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle will be improved. These include the rehabilitation of Ring Road East to the Feo Oyo Intersection on Ring Road West.
The roads will be given asphaltic concrete surface, with pedestrian walkways and bicycle paths.
Besides, the contractors, M/S Queiroz Galvao Constucao from Brazil, will provide passenger sheds and drainage systems at the Neoplan and Odawna lorry stations.
The contractors are anticipating to finish phase one of the project by the end of May, 2015 and the whole project is anticipated to be completed by end of 2016.