{"id":81,"date":"2019-04-01T20:05:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=81"},"modified":"2020-02-14T11:02:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T11:02:02","slug":"cabinet-approves-e55m-facility-for-kumasi-road-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/economy\/cabinet-approves-e55m-facility-for-kumasi-road-infrastructure","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet approves \u20ac55m facility for Kumasi road infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cabinet has approved a 55 million Euro Facility for the rehabilitation of 100-kilometre road infrastructure for some towns in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region.<br \/>\nAccording to the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the facility is a credit agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank meant for Auxiliary Infrastructure of Kumasi Inner-city Roads.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking a press briefing Sunday, Mr Oppong Nkrumah added that it was a commercial agreement between the Ministry of Roads and Highways and a Construction firm, Contracta Construction UK for the Implementation of the project.<\/p>\n<p>The scope of works to be undertaken as part of the projects include the rehabilitation of roads in the following towns:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/mar31-3p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/mar31-3p1.jpg 594w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/18\/2019\/03\/mar31-3p1-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;In addition, several key activities would be undertaken under the Priority Road Infrastructure Projects. 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