Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Alhassan Suhuyini, has commended contractors working on the 90km Wa-Han-Tumu road corridor project.
According to him, the transformation of the road over the past few months has been remarkable, describing the pace of work as encouraging.
Speaking during an inspection of the project on Thursday, September 3, Suhuyini said the current state of the road was significantly different from officials encountered during an earlier assessment.
“This road doesn’t look anywhere near what we saw a couple of months back when we trekked on it, and it is heartening, the level of transformation this road has seen in the last couple of months,” he said.
He said the government was impressed with the progress made, particularly as the project is 10 percent ahead of schedule.
“We are impressed by the level of work we have seen. It is heart-warming to realise that they are 10% ahead of schedule,” Mr Suhuyini stated.
The Deputy Roads Minister, however, cautioned the contractors not to allow the current pace of work to decline.
He said government expected contractors who were ahead of schedule to maintain their momentum and complete their projects ahead of the agreed deadlines.
“And like we have told other contractors before now who are ahead of schedule, our expectation is that they do not slide back,” he said.
“We expect that they will maintain the same pace of work and finish these projects before time and hand them over as soon as possible,” he added.
Mr Suhuyini noted that the corridor had suffered neglect for a long time but said the project when completed will help realise government’s objective of improving connectivity between the Upper East and Upper West Regions.
“This corridor has been neglected for a very long time and the intention to connect the two Regions of Upper East and Upper West is being realised by the hard work of these contractors,” he stated.
He expressed optimism that the completion of the road would have a positive impact on economic activities in the area, particularly agriculture.
“We believe that after this is done, it will contribute to the growth of agriculture in this enclave,” Mr Suhuyini said.
