The Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, officially launched the renovated inner-city roadways in Cape Coast, the capital of the Central Regional, on September 26, 2022.
Dr. Bawumia said during the ceremony that in addition to the SinoHydro, the government is working on roads throughout the entire nation. He revealed that some road projects in the Central Region have been finished.
These include 102 km of highways, including the Cape Coast–Twifo Praso road partially rebuilt, the 30 km access route to Kakum Park upgraded, the 20 km Dunkwa–Twifo Praso–Assin Foso road mostly rebuilt, and the 15 km Bawjiase–Agona Swedru road partially rebuilt.
Additionally, Dr. Bawumia stated that the Department of Urban Roads (DUR) had finished 30 km of asphalt overlay work with beneficiary communities like as Cape Coast, Agona Swedru, Winneba, and Anomabo.
A further 50 km of roads have been re-gravelled by the DUR, and 7.5 km of roads have been rehabilitated.
Additionally, 75 km of highways in the Central Region have been bituminously resurfaced by the Department of Feeder Roads, and six significant bridges have been built.
A total of 22 kilometers of the roads have bitumen surfacing. Bitumen has been laid down on the 12.5-kilometer Nyakrom-Bobikuma road, the 16.5-kilometer Kushea – Abotareye -Akwawusu-Atweneboana route, and the Winneba-Sankor-Ojobi-Akoti road.
The Vice President mentioned more steel bridge construction in the Central Region, including a 105-meter-long span bridge on the Suprudu-Ammissano-Mankessim Feeder Road and spans of 25 meters, 20 meters, and 40 meters over the Akora, One, and Okyi rivers, respectively.