Cabinet approves proposal for concrete road construction

Cabinet has accepted and approved a proposal by the Ghana Charismatic Bishops’ Conference for roads in the country to be constructed using* concrete. *This was revealed by the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who said the first pilot for the construction will be done on the Tema Steel Works road.

According to him, the government believes *constructing concrete roads* will save the country from spending more, as compared to the construction of asphalt and bitumen roads.

The *Ghana Charismatic Bishops’ Conference* earlier this year in a document it said was God’s prophetic word to Ghana proposed among other things that government moved away from the construction of asphaltic roads to concrete roads which were cost effective, more durable and long-lasting. It also urged the government to increase road tolls to a flat rate of $1 as an effective measure of raising revenue for various road projects in the country.