Gov’t announces 12 road projects to be constructed under the “Big Push” initiative

Government has announced 12 different road projects to be constructed under the flagship the 10 billion dollars “Big Push” initiative.

Announcing the major infrastructure drive that will open up job opportunities in the country and drive development, Roads and Highways Minister, Governs Kwame Agbodza says the much talked about deplorable Sunyani-Techiman Bole Bamboi Hamile stretch of the N12 will see immediate construction under the agenda.

The Minister announced this as part of a nationwide road inspection in Bamboi of the Savanna Region on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

“Myself and the engineers prior to the visit here did some studies and it’s quite clear that the third quarter proposal to start work all the way to Hamile, we can sail through this.

“Because of the nature of the road and the things that happen on the road in terms of armed robbery, they have all diverted, you can imagine what that means to the people who live in this area so it is quite a situation that we need to deal with urgently.

“So we are still on schedule to see this project started as we said in the third quarter of this year all the way to Hamile,” the Minister noted.

Mentioning a few of the other projects the Minister said the outer ring road in Sunyani, the reconstruction of the the Dambai bridge, the Ekyi Amanfom bridge in Afram plains area, the ring road or loop around Kumasi, the loop around Accra are all included in the Big Push Agenda.

He noted that the Western and Eastern corridor are similarly included in the projects under the initiative.

“When we were in Sunyani you notice that the outer ring road is now part of the Big Push which we are going to restart the Dambai bridge, the Ekyi Amanfom bridge in Afram plains area, the ring road or loop around Kumasi, the loop around Accra and a number.

On the first day of the tour, the Minister inspected the construction of Ahafo North Mines, the Sunyani – Techiman road, Techiman – Wenchi road and reconstruction of Jinijini – Sampa.

He is expected to also inspect the rehabilitation of Tepa (Mabang) – Goaso, the rehabilitation of Benchema Barrier – Juaboso road, Sefwi Wiawso town roads and the construction of Bridge Over Tano Bridge on Nsawora – Sefwi Wiawso on Thursday, April 3.

On Friday, April 4, the Minister will inspect the reconstruction of Tarkwa-Agona Nkwanta road, dualization of Takoradi–Agona junction, the construction of selected roads and interchanges in Ghana – Phase 1, Lot 4 (PTC Interchange).

“At the moment the first phase is in 12 different projects, Ho and Aflao…It is not about this. Like is said, this is the Western corridor, the Eastern corridor is part of it, the Dambai bridge,” he stated.

He said the President is committed to completing the projects by end of his tenure.

“I can guarantee you that President Mahama is going to deliver this by the end of his term.”

The Minister assured that government will begin awarding contracts in the next two to three months to show its commitment to improving road infrastructure in the country.

“We are actually awarding a number of them within the next two to three months to start to show the commitment we have towards this project.”

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