A major plan to redevelop Accra-Tema motorway will have five new interchanges and a remodelling of the Tetteh Quarshie, Apenkwa and Achimota interchanges, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has disclosed.
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The work, estimated at $570 million, will have 10 lanes, five lanes on either side, made up of four lanes of reinforced concrete freeway and six lanes of urban highway.
The scope of work of the project is as follows: 10-lane 19.5-kilometre motorway (four lanes of reinforced concrete freeway, six lanes of Urban Highway), reconstruction of Tetteh Quarshie to Apenkwa (5.7km), remodelling of Tetteh Quarshie, Apenkwa and Achimota interchanges, and the construction of five new interchanges will be done,” Amoako-Atta told the Daily Graphic yesterday.
He mentioned the interchanges as Lashibi, Abattoir, Teshie Link, Fiesta Royale and Neoplanjunction.
The minister said there would also be toll plazas, streetlights and 14 pedestrian footbridges.
Source: Graphic
