The deadline for completing the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Flyover has been extended from June to September this year.
The three months extension period was spurred by activities of traders and hawkers at the construction site, especially, in the streets.
The activities of the traders and hawkers, Kasapafmonline.com learnt, have been thwarting the efforts of the Brazilian contractors working on the flyover, Queiroz Galvao.
The site which is closer to the Pedestrian Shopping Mall has been a major bustling hub for traders and hawkers. City authorities, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have made several efforts to evict them but to avail.
A court order for demolition with a grace period of six weeks which expired on April 13 was also not heeded to by the traders, compelling the city authorities to carry out the demolition exercise on Thursday, April 14, 2016.
This is to afford the contractors enough space to carry out their work on the three-tier flyover.
Chief Engineer, Kweku Atta Kwadiafo told journalists that the activities of the traders were making it difficult for valuers of the project to access the level of work done.
According to him, although 80% of the project is complete, it would not be feasible to use two months to complete the remaining 20%, hence, the extension of the deadline from June to September this year.
However, he said the extension will not add any extra cost to their budget.
The first phase of the project named Nsawam and Akasanoma, were opened to traffic last year after it was commissioned by President John Dramani Mahama.
The €74.88million circle project is being jointly financed by the Brazilian and Ghanaian governments.
The flyovers link the central business district of Accra and vice-versa to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, a key intersection in the major road network in the national capital.
It carries about 84,000 vehicles a day and constitutes a key bottleneck in the major road network that links the suburban areas of Accra to the central business district.
The three-tier interchange which started in 2013 when completed this year (2015) will transform the Kwame Nkrumah Circle into a pedestrian and motorist friendly zone with linkages to various suburbs in Accra.
