Bolgatanga (Upper East) 31 March '99

Approval has been given for routine maintenance work on a total of 87.5 kilometres of feeder roads in the Upper East Region this year, Mr Charles Brown Ofasi, the Regional Feeder Roads Engineer has said. The selected roads which are in various stages of disrepair include the 25 kilometre Sandema-Doninga-Bechuasi roads, the 7.4 kilometre Chuchuliga-Awolasi-Zone "T" roads, the five-kilometre Bolgatanga-Tongo-Tanzuk road and the 12.8 kilometre road linking Zuarungu-Dachio and Zupeliga, all in the Builsa and Bolgatanga Districts. The rest are the 11.6 kilometre Senibaga and Siise roads, the 17.5 Bugri-Gagbire-Tempane road, and the 8.3 kilometre road serving Zebila, Agatose and Googo, all in the Bawku East and Bawku West Districts. Mr Ofasi told the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga on Tuesday that other feeder roads serving major agricultural areas in the region would be rehabilitated under a package to be financed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). He said major works to be carried out under the Government of Ghana funded roads would include the construction of culverts, refilling of bad spots and creation of drainage systems aimed at improving upon the agricultural and economic activities of the people. Mr Ofasi said due to budgetary constraints, only about 500 out of the 1,000 network of feeder roads in the region could be rehabilitated this year.