President cuts sod for Bunso Junction-Koforidua road works

The deplorable Bunso Junction-Koforidua road is to be given a new lease of life as President John Dramani Mahama last Saturday cut the sod for rehabilitation work on it to begin.

The event formed part of the President’s one-day #Changinglives tour of the Eastern Region.

The first phase of the project, costing GHc32 million, is being undertaken under the Cocoa Roads Programme.

Years of neglect has resulted in one of the country's oldest and most important roads falling into a messy state.

The rehabilitation, therefore, comes as a huge relief to the people living along the stretch of road.

President Mahama said the numerous road projects which the government was undertaking were in line with the promise he made to the people during the 2012 electioneering.

During that period, he said, anywhere he went in the region the chiefs complained about bad roads and he had promised to fix them if he won the election.

 Important road

President Mahama said the road was very important to national development, as it passed through an agricultural area.

He mentioned some of the road projects being undertaken in the Eastern Region as Nsawam-Aburi, Nkawkaw-Atibie, Osenase-Akwatia and Apedwa-Kyebi-Bunso junction.

Good roads, he said, were necessary in growing the nation and promised that the government would not relent on efforts to change the face of the road network in the country for the better.

He called for the continued support of the people in that regard.

 Kukurantumi chief

The Chief of Kukurantumi and Adontenhene of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, Daasebre Boama Darko, thanked the government for the project.

"A government that is doing a good work must be commended and supported to do more," he added.