Work on the 13-kilometre road from Botoku through Trukpe to Tsoxo in the North Dayi District of the Volta Region will soon be completed, the District Chief Executive has promised.

Funded by the Government of Ghana, the road will enable residents of Botoku, Trukpe and Tsoxo to have access to good roads linking to the urban towns in the district.

The road links the three fishing communities to the district capital, Anfoe.

It also links to Kpando and the Ho-Vakpo highway.

The roads in the area have been in a bad shape and posed a threat to motorists and commuters.

Speaking during the inspection of the on-going project on Tuesday, 8 September 2020, the District Chief Executive for the area, who is also the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for North Dayi, Mr Edmond Kudjo Atta, noted that when the project is completed, it will boost economic activities of farmers who have to commute to other areas in the district and beyond to sell their farm produce.

“The people have really endured deplorable roads for years and should be happy now that the listening President has made it possible for them to have good roads after several years of endurance.”

The construction of gutters and drainage systems is being done while some portions of the road which need expansion are being expanded.

Some residents who spoke to Class News’ Volta Regional Correspondent Albert Kuzor emphasised the significance of the completion of the 13-kilometre road. 

A resident, Vivian Akpa, said: “For so many years now, if I may not lie, and it's more than a decade, our road issues have been a problem to us. It takes us miles from our villages to get a vehicle to other places but with the intervention of this (NPP) government, they're constructing the roads for us and we always feel happy looking at it.

"Prior to the construction of this road, our women find it difficult to go to the market. The fish and other food crops were left to rot due to the unavailability of the road to send it to the market but with this work on the roads, things are gradually changing.”

Another resident, Togbe Yeboah VI, also said the completion of the road will help the community.

“Initially, the road was very bad but with the coming of our DCE and by the grace of God, they are working on the road for us, this will help the entire community, especially pregnant women and market women,” he stated.