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General News of Wednesday, 16 April 2003

Source: ADM

Work On Tetteh Quarshie Interchange Progresses

Work on the Tetteh Quarshie interchange has begun but experts, fear that a heavy downpour as experienced in the city yesterday could cause a delay.

A worker at the site quipped to the ADM that a rock, which was discovered under the first layer of soil, might hinder work on the project, as the impediment would have to be blasted. In view of this therefore, he added that officials from the Ministry of Interior and some security personnel visited the place yesterday to deliberate on how to blast the rock in a manner that would not disturb the environment.

Another source at the site told the ADM that diversion of vehicular traffic would be necessary if casualties are to be avoided when the blasting is going to be undertaken.

When ADM visited the site on Monday work on the project continuing with activities like the drilling of rocks and the excavation of loops