Work Begins On Tema Motorway Grade Separation Project
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has cut the sod
for works to begin on the Grade Separation of the Tema Motorway
Intersection as part of the Improvement of Ghanaian International Road
Corridors project.
The Motorway forms an integral part of the
Trans-Africa Highway, stretching from Lagos through Lomé, Accra, and
Abidjan to Dakar, and effectively serves as the junction to the Sub-
region.
Phase One of the Grade Separation project, which began in February
2018 and will last for 28 months, will see the construction of 2.1 km
three lane Dual carriageway with 730m Underpass on the National route
N1; Improvement of approximately 1.9km two lane Dual carriageway on the
National Route N2 from the Ashiaman Roundabout onto the Harbour Road;
construction of Service Road Ramps, retaining wall and box culvert, road
base and pavement; construction of Pedestrian Bridges; and provision of
adequate Road Safety furniture to safeguard lives and property.
Phase Two of the project commences after the successful completion of
Phase One comprises the construction of a flyover on the Akosombo -Tema
Harbour Road, according to officials of the Ghana Highway Authority.
The project will also conduct detailed design improvements for rehabilitation of National Trunk Road N8 in the Central Region.
The Japanese government is providing the funding of approximately
$55.6m through the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA).
Speaking at the Ground Breaking ceremony on Wednesday 18th July,
2018, Vice President Bawumia said the grade separation works were in
line with Government’s agenda of enhanced national development through
the provision of the necessary road infrastructure to facilitate the
developmental goals and social aspirations of the people.
Hon Kwasi Amoako-Attah, Minister for Roads and
Highways, explained that the Tema Motorway Grade Separation project was
part of a larger undertaking to open up the road connection between
Accra and the port city of Tema as well as open arterial roads within
Tema.
“Let me assure all Ghanaians that this project is not
a stand-alone one. It is going to bring a lot of benefits in two areas:
It is going to create (1) what we call Tema Arterial Roads and (2) Tema
Motorway Project. By the time this project
“By the time we complete the construction of this project the Tema
arterial roads linking this roundabout to the ongoing port expansion
being undertaken by Meridian Port Services would have come to an end. We
are going to open up all arterial roads from this roundabout to link
the port expansion project through the Tema Hospital road into a dual
two-by-three lane road.”
He continued,“At the same time it will link Tema Motorway with the
Tetteh Quarshie interchange in Accra, and the project is designed in
such a way that by the time this particular project comes to a close the
Tema motorway, as part of the Abidjan-Lagos project, which is being
turned into a 6 lane dual carriage highway, would have also come to an
end and it has been remodelled and redesigned to take the current
congestion at the Tetteh Quarshie interchange.”
Hon Amoako-Attah expressed confidence that the completion of these
projects would ease the terrible traffic congestion at the Tetteh
Quarshe interchange because of the Accra Mall, and make travel on the
International Corridor easier, to facilitate trade in the sub-region.
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