HIGHWAY ASSURES RESIDENTS OF AKWADAE (PAGE 3)

THE Western Regional Manager of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), Mr J.K. Nsiah, has assured the people of Akwadae, Cape Three Points and surrounding communities that preparations towards the commencement of work on the 24-kilometre road from Akwadae to Cape Three Points is on course.
He explained that the road was initially under the control of the Department of Feeder Roads but after it was identified as one of the roads leading to some tourist sites in the area, it was moved to the GHA.
“We have had the directive to take over work on the road from Feeder Roads, as it has been slated for comprehensive construction work and will be asphalted to last longer,” he said.
The Western Regional Director of Feeder Roads, Mr Peter Yawson, corroborated the claim by the GHA regional director and added that although the department had handed over the road to the GHA, the two institutions were working together to ensure that the programme was successful.
These assurances followed an action by the people of Akwadae, a town before Cape Three Points in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, who destroyed the only strategic wooden bridge linking their town and Agona-Nkwanta to the Cape Three Points community.
The fear of the people was that after the oil discovery, the explorers would use aircraft to the rig, a development which, according to them, meant that their roads would not be attended to.
They destroyed the bridge to prevent the officials and visitors from using only 4x4 vehicles to visit the place, while the people would have to travel on foot on the unmotorable road.
They also threatened to deal with the Chief of Cape Three Points, Nana Atsekese, for allegedly collecting gifts from the visitors and also selling parcels of land to speculators, an action which they said amounted to neglecting them and mortgaging the future of the town and its subjects.
The Ahanta West District Chief Executive, Mr Kwesi Biney, however, intervened to mediate and called for the reconstruction of the wooden bridge.
When contacted, Mr Biney said it was a fact that the only road leading to the town was very bad and that a portion had been reduced to a footpath by overgrown weeds.
“I am constantly checking on them and from my last check there is no doubt that work will commence soon. I, therefore, want to assure my people that work will commence soon,” he said.