Bad Roads In North Dayi Needs Rehabilitation--MP

There are growing concerns over the poor nature of roads in the North Dayi Constituency of the Volta region which appears to be creating a lot of incoveniences.

This, has compelled, Ms. Joycelyn Tetteh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area to draw the attention of government to some of the abandoned road projects in the area.

According to the MP, the roads have been abandoned due to debts owed contractors.

Ms Tetteh expressed these concerns when she hosted students from the Vakpo Senior High School who were on a visit to Parliament to learn about its functions.

The Vakpo Senior High School is among the schools in the North Dayi District of the Volta Region.

Earlier, Ms Tetteh had asked questions on the floor of the House about the construction of four road projects; Tsrukpe-Botoku, Sabadu-Awatey, Vakpo-Wusuta and Botoku-Bradatornu.

Mr Samuel Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, answering the question, stated that the 6.1km Tsrukpe-Botoku road, which forms part of the 19.6km Vakpo-Tsrukpe-Botoku feeder road in the North Dayi District, is five per cent complete.

He said the contractor had vacated the site and the Department of Feeder Roads (DFR) is in the process of taking the necessary contractual procedures to terminate the contract and repackage for award.

Mr Amoako-Atta explained that there is no major upgrading programme on the Sabadu-Awatey (3km), Vakpo- Wusuta (4.2km) and Botoku-Bradatornu(3.5) roads.

He, however, gave the assurance that the engineering design studies would be conducted on the road during the first quarter of 2019 to determine the appropriate upgrading or improvement intervention under the DFR periodic maintenance programme.

He said the execution of the work would commence when funds become available.

---Ghana News Agency