The Works Sub-Committee of the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly held its second meeting of the year on Thursday 23rd October, 2025 at 2:35 p.m at the Municipal Assembly hall and the following deliberations were some of the major highlights of the meeting that was held.
Key Issues Discussed
The District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) Cordinator in the person of Henry Kweku Dadzie was introduced to members of the subcommittee. During his remarks, he stated that about 35% of roads within the Municipality have been worked on and he was looking forward to do more, hence the need for a dedicated fund for this purpose.
Major works done so far included reshaping, expansion of existing roads within the Municipality, dredging of storm drains and construction of culverts.
He added that, Communities which have had their roads worked on include Agona Nkwanta inner roads, Apowa TUC/GHACEM Estate inner roads, Banso, Fretsi, Adjuah, Funko, New Amanful and Fretsi roads.
He also informed members that Plans were underway to include Agona to Banso, Butre, Achonwa and other adjoining communities in the road improvement exercise before the year ends. The coordinator stated that his unit will work together with the Works Department of the Assembly.
He stressed on that, funding of DRIP was supposed to be made from DACF but the initiative did not go through so MMDAs have been urged to make resources available for the operation of DRIP.The coordinator in his speech emphasized that,fueling of DRIP machines are expensive so he pleaded with communities and Assembly members to collaborate and buy fuel for its operation to sustain the program.
Discussions were also held on abandoned projects that were at various stages of completion within the Municipality. It was agreed upon by all that those projects be repackaged and re-awarded for continuation. These include some borehole projects, GhanaFirst toilet facility and some GETFund classroom block projects.
It was also decided that Ghana Highways Authority and Justmoh Construction Limited would be engaged by the Assembly to address issues that have been raised by drivers and all stakeholders who ply the on-going Takoradi-Agona Nkwanta road that is being constructed. Members called for the need of breaks in the road median to allow motorists connect to communities along the road. For instance, one has to go all the way to Bokoro to do a turn from Takoradi to Beahu which is very worrisome. Below were pictures of the meeting:
