We’ve reviewed Suame Interchange from four-tier to three-tier not downgraded – Roads Minister

The Ministry for Roads and Highways has rejected allegations from the Ashanti Caucus of the Minority in Parliament stating that the government has reduced the Suame Interchange from a four-tier to a two-tier structure.

The Ministry has stated that the design for a three-tier interchange has been evaluated after the initiation of the Kumasi Outer Ring Road as part of the Big Push programme.

The Ministry stated that the new development will lessen the traffic burden on Suame, thus needing less capacity than previously estimated.

Speaking to journalists on Monday, February 9, the Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, stated that moving forward with the original four-tier plan would have required the destruction of numerous structures and enterprises, resulting in the government facing an extra expense of approximately one hundred million Ghana cedis.

“The modification would allow us to save those buildings and allow the businesses to thrive whilst offering a new first-class concrete road from Akom on the N1 to Boankra on the N6. In fact, the only portion of the original design being eliminated is the 4th tier bridge as the expropriation impact does not make it worthwhile, especially when the outer ring road is being constructed,” he stated.

Source: Ghanatodayonline.com