Joe Ghartey
GOVERNMENT is set to construct a 400 meters railway line across the Volta Lake [Akosombo] from Senchi to Mpakadan in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region.
The Railway line is part of the Tema to Mpakadan project.
It is being constructed by AFCONS Construction firm of India.
Government has released an additional $48 million to expand the line beyond Akosombo, and this is expected to be completed by June 2020.
It forms part of the broader Ghana/ Burkina joint rail line project which when completed would serve as a port to enhance transportation on the Volta Lake, and another port would be constructed at Buepe in the Central Gonja District of the Northern Region.
The Minister for Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, revealed this to DGN Online during a working visit to Mpakadan.
The Railway Development Minister pointed out that ” the location of the one-kilometer long railhead would save the Akosombo hydro dam from possible damage caused by dynamite explosions as part of the construction process’’.
BY Daniel Bampoe, Mpakadan