JUSTMOH Construction, the contractor working on the 23-kilometer Takoradi-Agona Nkwanta road dualization project, has assured that it will complete the project by the middle of this year.
The assurance comes after confirmation that the government has paid all Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs). Meanwhile, the company reports a series of attacks by residents of the Beahu and Bokro communities, a situation that management fears could affect its operational cost and schedule.
Work on the 23-kilometer Takoradi-Agona Nkwanta road dualization project is progressing steadily. JUSTMOH Construction is determined to complete the project in record time following the receipt of payment for all Interim Payment Certificates from the government.
President Mahama, during an inspection visit in December 2025, ordered the Finance Minister to honor the payment of $78 million owed to the company to enable it to complete the project.
Months after this intervention, the company, according to the Project Manager, Johan Prinsloo, is scheduled to complete the outstanding work by the middle of this year.
He explained that a 3-kilometer section of road spanning Apowa, Bokro, Ewusiejo, and Aboade is currently under construction following the demolition of structures that lay within the demarcated area for the road project.
“We have completed all our major earthworks, concrete work, culverts, as well as the four bridges on the entire project corridor. Our subbase and base are also completed for the entire project corridor … the only work outstanding is 3 kilometers of road work we are currently doing in the towns. We have just recently demolished the structures and started working in the four towns. Our progress is going well, and we are planning to finish the project in the middle of this year,” he elaborated.
However, the progress has not been without challenges. The company reports pockets of attacks on its workers by some residents in communities that lie along the road.
Close to a dozen construction workers have been injured over the past months in a series of confrontations, particularly with motorists and tricyclists in the Beahu and Bokro communities.
Safety Manager Isaac Kwakye Asare recounts instances of such attacks.
“It hasn’t been just one or two incidents; they are numerous. But we try our best to contain our temper. We will be working on one lane, and then open another lane to traffic. Suddenly you will see them manoeuvring into where we are working. And when you advise them against their behaviour, they pounce on you.”
Mr. Kwakye Asare says their workers are always apprehensive when working in these communities.
“It affects the project and the progress … because the workers fear they could be attacked.”
The company has since filed complaints with the police about these attacks. However, no arrests have been made.
Nonetheless, the work completed so far has brought some relief to motorists who use this section of the Trans-West African Highway that links Ghana to Côte d’Ivoire.
By Abraham Mensah
