The final design for the construction of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange in Accra has been presented to the public at a forum in Accra.
The project, which is expected to be executed at a cost of 74 million euros, is intended to reduce traffic congestion in and around the western corridor of Accra.
The Kwame Nkrumah Circle is a major arterial road network in Accra and is estimated to carry 84,000 vehicles a day.
An initiative of the Ministry of Roads and Highways and the Department of Urban Roads, the project has been awarded to Queiroz Galvao Construcao, a Brazilian construction firm.
The scope of work covers a detailed engineering design, the construction of the interchange and a road-over-rail bridge, improvement of the intersection of the Ring Road at the Feo Eyeo Road and improvement of road drainage works.
A loan agreement for the contract sum of the project has already been signed between the governments of Ghana and Brazil.
Presenting the design at the forum yesterday, the Contract Manager of Queiroz Galvao, Mr Alexandre de Vasconcelos Coutinho, said the first flyover of the interchange would carry traffic from Ring Road Central to Ring Road West.
In the opposite direction, an underpass is proposed with two lanes of traffic.
The second flyover connects the Akasanoma Road to Ring Road West.
Both proposed flyovers are two-lane unidirectional road ways.
The middle tier is a roundabout and all other movements are streamed to the roundabout.
Facilities for pedestrians, cyclists and persons with disability will be provided.
Mr Coutinho said a key component of the interchange was the provision of green strips and verges intended to reduce the level of noise pollution from vehicles and also serve as a carbon sink for aesthetics.
The acting Director of the Ministry of Roads and Highways, Abass Mohammed Awolu, said the government had made budgetary provision for compensation payment to owners of affected properties within the project vicinity.
Source: Daily Graphic
