Akosombo Dam spillage: safeguard the Sogakope Bridge from collapsing – Roads Minister

Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has given the full assurance that the President Akufo-Addo led administration has put forward precautionary measures to safeguard the Sogakope Bridge from collapsing after the life-threatening spillage of the Akosombo Dam.

The Minister after examining the impending predicament that can befall the bridge said even though the situation is not intense, all pragmatic steps must be taken to circumvent water from hitting the surface of the bottom of the bridge.

After leading a team of engineers from the Ministry of Roads and Highways and its agencies to inspect the bridge at Sogakope on Monday, the minister assured the inhabitants of the area that government is ready to protect the bridge from collapse.

He said the ministry has accumulated a sum of GHc5 million and this has been earmarked for the rehabilitation of roads likely to be affected by the spillage.

This move comes in response to the recent spillage of the Akosombo Dam, which has resulted in flooding that has hit over one hundred communities across five constituencies in the Volta Region, Eastern and Greater Accra regions.

This unfortunate incident has left numerous residents of North Tongu, Central Tongu, South Tongu, Keta, and Anlo Constituencies homeless.

By Lawrence Odoom