Kejetia project to be completed in May

Accra, (Greater Accra) 17 Feb. '99,

Construction work on the Kejetia roundabout to reduce traffic congestion in the central business area of Kumasi will be completed in May this year, Mr Godwin Brocke, Acting Director of Urban Roads said yesterday. Speaking newsmen in Accra, Mr Brocke dismissed press reports that the project would be completed in the year 2000 to coincide with the elections of that year to woo voters for the ruling National Democratic Congress. ''To set the records straight, it is of no benefit to government to delay the project. Every effort is being made to complete it as scheduled''. Mr Brocke said the project, awarded to Limex Bau Construction Company, which was to have been completed in December last year had been delayed by financial problems. He said the problem stemmed from the late extension of credit from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which affected the cash flow to the contractor. Mr Brocke said issues regarding the cash flow to the contractor have been resolved and the company is now being paid regularly from the OPEC fund adding that work is now going on smoothly. The scope of work, which is the re-alignment of roads around the Kejetia round-about and the rehabilitation of the central market, remains the same. GRi