The Ministry of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Attah says it has instituted adequate strategies to effectively maintain the country’s road network.
According to the Ministry, the move is to increase the number of roads in good conditions nationwide.
“Government through the Ministry of Roads and Highways has developed a unique strategy for road sector nationwide. This is to increase the percentage of roads in conditions by undertaking various periodic maintenance activities”, says sector Minster, Kwasi Amoako-Attah
Roads are considered to be one of the critical infrastructure that the growth and development of any country hinges on.
Therefore when citizens hear any news about roads and their construction they become excited and relieved as good roads facilitate the smooth transportation of people and goods from one location to the other but same cannot be said of bad roads.
More importantly, road infrastructure has become one of the key determinants by which the citizenry measure the performance of a government at anytime as roads bring about massive economic and social benefits.
They link producers, traders and buyers to the markets, workers to jobs, students to school and the sick to hospitals, as well as give a facelift to communities, towns and cities where they are constructed or rehabilitated.
Furthermore, road construction creates jobs as people will be employed anytime there is some road construction or some rehabilitation work being carried out to put the roads in good condition to ensure smooth and safe transportation for all.
Without any doubt, roads make a crucial contribution to economic development by providing access to employment, social, health and education services.
Although all previous governments that this country has had throughout its nationhood, in one way or the other, contributed in building the road infrastructure of this country, it was the current administration, led by President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, that came out boldly to declare 2020 year of roads.
‘Year of Roads’ is now in its third year — 2020, 2021 and 2022;
But speaking at the commissioning of a 22 km Cape Coast inner city road project.
Mr. Amoako-Attah noted that the maintenance measures include asphalt overlay, re-ceiling works, gravelling among others.
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