The Executive Director for Asabea Engineering and Construction Limited, Samuel Ofori Larbi has warned government over the seeming neglect of the Tarkwa road. Asabea Engineering and Construction Limited has been working on the project for the past two years but progress on the project has been stalled for months due to non-payment by government.
According to Mr. Ofori Larbi, government would cause its own doom should it fail to avail funds for the completion of the project before the elections.
He indicated that the project despite it being a major road infrastructure in the Western Region has not been captured under the Ministry of Roads’ list of critical roads for the year.
“Road Fund there’s not much money in there… I wish it was being funded by the Consolidated fund. Government has re-categorized roads so they could direct funds into most critical ones but the Tarkwa Road is not part. Government should be careful. No road is more critical than Tarkwa because all our wealth comes through the Tarkwa Road.” he clarified.
The Tarkwa road has been a major political issue for this government. Several demonstrations have staged to get government reconstruct the road, yet nothing much has been done about it.