Assin Praso-Assin Fosu Road construction works in Ghana are expected to be completed in November 2023. This was revealed following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo two day tour of the Central Region where he inspected the ongoing work on the 31.2-kilometer road project.
The contract for the project was awarded to Shimizu Dia-Nippon Joint Ventures back in November 2019, with the commencement date set for March 2020. However, due to the wake of COVID-19, the construction of the road was suspended from April 2020 to March the following year (2021).
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When completed, the Assin Praso-Assin Fosu Road project will among other things enhance the social-economic lives of the people living in the Assin area, facilitate the movement of goods to and from the Takoradi Port, ensure easy access to markets and services, guarantee reductions in road accidents and road user costs, and also improve travel time.
Assin Praso-Assin Fosu Road is part of the rehabilitation of the National Trunk Road
The Assin Praso-Assin Fosu Road rehabilitation works are a part of the project for the rehabilitation of the National Trunk Road.
The latter involves in addition to the rehabilitation of the Assin Praso-Assin Fosu Road, the dualization into a 4-lane carriageway of a 1.2km Assin Fosu township road network, the reconstruction of the railway underpass bridge, and the reconstruction of drainage structures between Assin Fosu and Assin Praso to about 2,400 meters U-shaped vertical drainage systems.
It also involves five-road crossing drainage in five locations and a New Jersey type center median dualized section with bus stops, steps, street lighting, and traffic safety devices with asphaltic concrete pavements.
The cost of the entire project for the rehabilitation of the National Trunk Road is approximately US$50m and it is funded by a grant from the Government of Japan.
