The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu was critical of the Minister of Roads and Highways for failing to provide alternative routes before the closure of the Buipe and Yape bridges. He also blamed the minister for unduly delaying the entire process when his attention was brought to the condition of the bridges about four months ago. Roads … Read more
Government has voted an amount of 75 million dollars for the reconstruction of the Buipe, Yapei and the Daboya bridges in the Northern Region. According to the Minister of Roads and Highways, Akwasi Amoako Atta, the government deems it cost ineffective and highly unproductive to spend huge amount of money to repair the Buipe and … Read more
The 240-metre long Yapei bridge linking Tamale in the Northern Region to Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region will from this evening be closed to traffic for emergency repair works to be carried out. The repair works, which begins from 6:00pm Wednesday, will cost the government GHC49,900 and it is expected to be completed on … Read more
The Yapei Bridge will be closed to traffic from tomorrow May 3, 2017 from 6pm to 6am The Yapei Bridge will be closed to traffic from tomorrow May 3, 2017 from 6pm to 6am for emergency maintenance work. The bridge which is on the Techiman-Tamale highway is one of the major bridges on that stretch. … Read more
The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), says the date for re-opening the Buipe Bridge has been changed from the 8th March to the 15th March. The Bridge will continue to remain closed per the current daily schedule, from 2pm to 6pm. In a statement, the GHA said only vehicles weighing up to 20 tons will be … Read more
REPORTS reaching Today indicate that tomato traders who ply the road from Burkina Faso through Buipe to Accra have been seriously affected following the ongoing repair works on the Buipe bridge. The development, the traders lamented, has affected their business as they cannot bring their cartons of tomatoes to its final destination—Accra—for sale, a situation they lamented, was … Read more
The Minister of Roads and Highway, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has stated that government will spend GH¢499,000 for the emergency maintenance of the Buipe bridge in the Central Gonja District in the Northern Region. The minister hinted that the rehabilitation on the bridge would be cheaper because there would be no external consultants or engineers, but … Read more
The Roads and Highways Minister has lamented the fatal condition of both Buipe and Yapie bridges in the Northern Region which he said need urgent works. Kwasi Amoako-Attah said the failure to repair the bridges might impact negatively on trade both local and at the regional. “We are having serious problems with both Buipe and … Read more
Maintenance works have begun on the Buipe Bridge, which crosses the Black Volta in the Central Gonja District of the Northern Region to keep it in good shape for use by motorists. The works, being carried out within a 20-day period; February 17, to March 8, by the Bridge Maintenance Unit of the Ministry of … Read more
The Roads and Highways minister Kwesi Amoako Attah on Friday revealed that the Buipe Bridge in the Northern region is in a poor state and on the verge of causing a national tragedy. He was elaborating on the need for the ongoing emergency rehabilitation on the bridge crossing the Black Volta and justifying why the … Read more
The Buipe bridge in the Northern Region will be closed to vehicular traffic and the traveling public from Friday, February 17th to Wednesday, 8th March 2017 for emergency repair works. A statement from the Ghana Highway Authority and signed by the Ministry of Roads and Highways said only vehicles weighing up to 20 tons will be … Read more
The Ghana Highway Authority has announced the closure of the Buipe Bridge in the Northern Region to vehicular traffic and the travelling public from Friday, February 17 to Wednesday, March 8, 2017 to enable emergency repair works to be carried out on the bridge. It has also indicated that the Bridge will be closed from … Read more