The District Chief Executive Officer (DCE) for the Gomoa West, Bismark Basie Nkum has disclosed that work on the Dawurampong to Apam Junction road in the Central Region has stalled due to unpaid funds to the road contractor.
According to him, sections of the Apam-Ankamu road have however been rehabilitated, leaving the reconstruction of the Dawurampong-Apam road, which was started under the Kufuor administration.
He explained that the Dawurampong-Apam road reconstruction was left unattended until 2017 but has once again been suspended.
This comes in reaction to protests by taxi drivers at the Apam Junction, to draw the attention of the respective authorities to revive works on the road.
Speaking to Citi News, Mr Nkum revealed that he has been in talks with the Roads and Highways ministry to have the contractors paid.
“The road from Dawurampong to Ankamu, which is Apam Junction, that road has a history dating back to 2008, when the NPP government led by former President J.A. Kufuor decided to reconstruct the road. Unfortunately, the then-party in power lost the election, and so from 2009 and 2016, it was expected that the work would continue, but that did not happen.
“From 2017 up to 2021, the portion of the road has been stalled from Gomoa Asikuma down to Gomoa Danchira. Then drainage had been done that ought to be paid, that has not been paid yet and that is why they have not continued from Danchira portion to Apam junction.
“I think efforts have been made to make the contractor return to the site, but I cannot state tentatively and put my finger on a day that tomorrow they are coming,” Mr Bismark Basie Nkum stated.
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