Client: Ministry of Roads and Highways

Implementing Agency: Ghana Highway Authority

Contractor: Oswal Investment Limited

Consultant: ADK Consortium Limited

Funding: Government of Ghana

Completion Duration: 36 Months

The 22-km road project, which began on March 25, this year, and being undertaken by Oswal Investment Limited is expected to be completed in 36 months.

Known as Regional Route 40 (R40), the Adentan-Dodowa road begins at the intersection with National Route 4 (N4) at the Adentan Police Station in the Adentan Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. The road passes through Frafraha, Amrahia, Oyibi, Dodowa, Ayikuma and Agomeda, before meeting Regional Route 30 (R30) at Trom in the Eastern Region, providing a vital connection from Accra to National Road (N3).

Along the route are many important national and private installations such as Ghana’s first private university, Valley View University, many residential and commercial properties and estates. The project will also have asphaltic concrete pavements with binder and wearing courses to ensure a durable and high-quality road surface. It will also have service lanes on both sides of the main carriage way.

The Adenta-Dodowa Road, originally reconstructed in 1998 by Kasap Civil Engineering Co. Ltd., has been a crucial inter-regional link between the capital, Accra, and the Eastern and Volta regions. After 26 years of road service, an upgrade and expansion had become necessary.

The dualization of the Adentan-Dodowa road is part of a broader strategy to improve major trunk roads across Ghana, which includes projects such as the Accra-Kumasi Highway, Accra-Cape Coast Road, Tema-Aflao Road, and Tema-Akosombo Road.

ADK Consortium having been appointed as project Consultant, is tasked to ensure that the Contractor execute the construction as per design specification and also to deliver the project within the stipulated completion time. ADK’s team of Engineers and Surveyors have so far guided the construction and is poised to see the completion of this critical road project.

Source: ADK Consortium, 2024