There may soon be relief for commuters who use the Ofankor-Pokuase stretch on the N6 Highway as it has been announced that the ongoing construction works will be completed by the end of September 2024.
Chief Resident Engineer on the Pokuase-Nsawam Highway project, Ing. Kwabena Bempong, disclosed on the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM on Monday that the 2.3-kilometre stretch will be opened soon.
Asked by host Bernard Avle, about the percentage of completion of the project, Ing Bempong indicated that “If we were to do that, we should be talking about 70 percent completion because what we have done there [Ofankor-Pokuase stretch], about 1.2 kilometres of asphalt, which is the first layer that we call the binder, has been completed.”
“The plan is that, by the end of September, we should have completed that portion and some other portions and we are going to open it to traffic to the China Mall except in areas where we are constructing overpasses and interchanges so we have the Amasaman interchange, and then Pobiman overpass and the other one at Medie,” Ing. Bempong added.
He also gave a detailed and vivid description of the 8-lane road which he said will include 2-lane service roads on either side of the project which he said is expected to ease the heavy vehicular traffic on the stretch.
“Between Ofankor and the beginning of the Pokuase Interchange which we call The White House is about 2.3 kilometres and this will be an 8-lane; that is 4 lanes in each direction.
“2-lanes in the middle and 2-lane service roads on either side of the road and then we have rebuilt the railway bridge to ensure that in the future when rehabilitation is taking place in the future, it can accommodate at least 2 railway lines against the single line that we previously had.”