TMA embarks on street- restoration project
The Department of Urban Roads (DUR) offices in Tema are rehabilitating about 20 kilometres of selected deplorable streets in the metropolis with asphaltic overlays.
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The works are aimed at improving access within the metropolis in order to reduce travelling time and enhance socio-economic activities while addressing the numerous complaints about traffic congestions in the port city.
The first phase of the street rehabilitation project involves the placing of asphaltic overlays on the 4.5 kilometre distance from the Community 12 Roundabout to the Tema General Hospital Avenue through to the St Paul’s Methodist Church Junction in Community Two.
Other selected thoroughfares in the metropolis earmarked to be asphalted are the TDC-Tema Senior High School-Tema Polyclinic street, the streets in the Tema Industrial Area and streets in the Tema Manhean community.
Risk to health care
In a brief ceremony to mark the commencement of work, the Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, said the street rehabilitation project was being funded by the government at a cost of about GH¢ 23 million.
He said the first phase of the project, which includes the stretch in front of the Tema General Hospital, was being executed in support of the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA), an initiative meant to ensure reduction in the incidence of maternal mortality.
“No woman should die while giving birth due to the bad nature of the road on which the one was travelling to get to the hospital,” Mr Odamtten said.
Savings
He said considering the huge sums spent on routine and periodic road maintenance in the metropolis, the asphaltic overlay would save the assembly resources which could be channelled into improving minor roads in the city.
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He maintained that the government was committed to improving the condition of roads in the country and that Tema, which is an industrial city and contributes a significant per cent to national revenue, was part of the package.
Assurance
LEGNA Construction Ghana Limited is the contractor undertaking the first phase of the street-restoration works covering a distance of 4.5 kilometres from the Community 12 Roundabout to the St Paul’s Methodist Church Junction in Community Two. Mr Augustine Dadzie, Site Engineer of LEGNA Construction, told the Daily Graphic that the streets would be covered with about three inches of a mixture of asphalt, crushed gravel and sand.
He said should funds be released on time, the project would be completed in about two or three months.
Writer’s email: Benjamin.glover@graphic.com.gh