Road Minister Addresses Suaman MP’s Concerns Over Poor Road Conditions
Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has provided updates on the progress of road maintenance projects in the Suaman Dadieso Constituency and efforts being made by contractors to improve the roads.
He made these remarks during a Parliamentary Setting on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in response to a query raised by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suaman Dadieso Constituency, Fredrick Addy, regarding the poor state of roads in his constituency.
Affirming the progress, the Minister stated that, the Juaboso to Dadieso road construction is currently underway, sharing specific details.
“Juaboso to Dadieso road has a total length of 51kilometers (km), 21km from Juaboso to Amoagya and 15km from Kalo to Dadieso and it’s a surface dressed road, the remaining 16km section between Kalo and Amoagya is gravel surface
“Current program: the project was awarded under the contract titled ‘rehabilitation of Juaboso Dadieso road km 0 to 39; the contract commenced on 15th January, 2021, for completion on the 20th June, 2023, the contractor is currently on site and work is progressing speedily; the contractor has so far achieved 53% of physical progress,” he stated.
Elaborating further, he provided background updates on the Akontombra to Dadieso road project, including the contract commencement date and the funding source.
“Akontombra to Dadieso background; this road is 22.3km, in the Akontombra district and Akontombra is Suaman district in the Western North Region, part of this road joins national road N12 at Okaso and connects Akontombra to Dadieso in Kalo.
“Current program; there’s a contract titled ‘construction of Akontombra to Dadieso km46.3 and Awaso-Asowinso junction under the funding of COCOBOD, the contract commenced on 17th November, 2021 to be completed in November, 2022, current physical completion is 20%,” he attested.
