300 houses to be affected by road reconstruction

About 300 houses and structures as well as a number of unauthorised structures would be affected by the construction of the Kumasi-Konongo road, Mr Emmanuel Avervor, Project Consultant of COWI/CONTERRA, has announced.

He said actual constructional work, which is under the Transport Sector Support Programme of the Economic Recovery Programme (ERP), would commence next year after it has been tendered in June 2002. The projected is expected to be completed between two to three years.

Speaking at a public forum in Kumasi on Wednesday at which drawings for the project were exhibited for scrutiny and suggestions, Mr Avervor said all owners of the buildings and structures would be compensated or relocated.

He could not readily give the exact amount involved in the project because the final document has not yet been submitted to government. The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) would fund the project, which would be executed by the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA).