Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader in Parliament, has called for a structural audit of the Tamale overhead bridge to ensure value for money.
Mr Iddrisu, who is also the Member of Parliament for Tamale South, said this would also ensure that the bridge served its intended purpose, which was to improve traffic flow in the central business area of the Tamale Metropolis.
He, therefore, called on the Ministry of Roads and Highways, Department of Urban Roads and the supervisory consultant on the project to ensure that such audit was undertaken.
Mr Iddrisu made the call when addressing journalists in Tamale on Saturday on what he described as "The people's concerns over the Tamale overhead bridge project."
The Tamale overhead bridge, whose construction began in April 2019 formed part of the Synohydro deal to enhance traffic flow in the Tamale Metropolis.
According to Mr Iddrisu, the people's concerns about the project included the fact that the roundabout at the central mosque intersection was so wide thereby narrowing the road around the intersection, which would adversely affect the free movement of vehicles, especially heavy-duty trucks.
He said the positioning of the roundabout would not encourage free vehicular movement and would instead compound the traffic situation in the Metropolis.
Mr Iddrisu called for the demolition of some structures along the project to enhance its expansion, saying "All the structures along the project should have been demolished and compensated for to pave way for quality execution of the project."
Source: GNA
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That is the NDC for you when it comes to opposition politics. It's all about boring holes everywhere to find impossible things to discredit the ruling party. All this is being done out of frustration in the absence of a clear political message. I think Mr. Haruna Iddrisu should instead be happy because the project is being built in his constituency. Following the failure of the NDC regime, of which he was a member, to provide this laudable infrastructure to ease traffic congestion in the region.
characters like Hurana iddirus dont have shame .NDC as a political party and him as a minority leader wrote to IMF to block the loan and now requested for ***barred word*** structural audit. NDC guys thinks they are smart but they should listening , they will fail again because of lies and deceit they always resorted to. Now in Ghana education has prepared the youth to read between lies and the truth . and the immediate impact will be manifested coming 2024 elections
Structural audit indeed, if you do not take care and confess your bad intentions for the nation, Allah may curse you. You are the leader of the NDC MP's to the IMF to block the $2 Billion Chinese money, now as a beneficiary MP of Tamale want structural audit, daawa, bolgapiiga. You should rather call for ' Talking without thinking audit' naaniama. Shelve your presidential ambition, you do not deserve to occupy the highest office of the country.
I thought you were against this project right from the start?