President Akufo-Addo this morning commissioned the 5.8km School Junction – Tema Motorway project.
In August 2022, the Government of Ghana took the initiative to construct the School Junction to Motorway Road.
The project aimed to improve mobility from Tema (East) to West of Accra.
The Project also provides access to the newly constructed Borteyman stadium and improve safety for the movement of goods and people within the Adentan, Ashaley Botwe, School Junction, Nmai Dzor, Borteyman and Community 18 to the Motorway enclave.
The scope of the project includes –
– The construction of a 5.8km main dual carriageway from the School Junction to the Motorway to Asphaltic Concrete pavement surface
– The construction of 5.8km of service lanes
– The construction of 1.68km Borteyman stadium access road
– The construction of the Tema Motorway slip roads to paver blocks pavement surface
– The Construction of walkways and cycling lanes on both sides of the road
– Provision of traffic signals and streetlights
– The construction of lay-byes along the project route to support public transport.
The School Junction-Motorway Road will serve as a major East-West urban Arterial from Awoshie, Ofankor, Pokuase to the Central Business District (CBD) of Accra. A viable alternative to Nsawam-Kwame Nkrumah Avenue/Kojo Thompson Road and Aburi Road-Redemption Road-Independence Avenue.
The project was executed by an indigenous Ghanaian Contractor, Oswal Investments Ltd.
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