[ 2019-03-03 ]

Kejetia project is 99 per cent complete - Carlos Gala
Kumasi, March 03, GNA - Messrs Contracta
Engineering Limited, the Brazilian construction
firm executing the Kejetia/Central Market
Redevelopment Project, has confirmed that work on
the first phase was about 99 per cent complete.

The multi-million dollar project, one of the most
sophisticated contemporary markets in the West
African sub-Region, is expected to improve revenue
generation when opened to the public.

The first phase provides room for facilities
including police and fire installations, clinic,
post office and waste management system, prayer
room, bus terminal, educational Unit and stores.

"We are almost finished with work on the first
phase. What is left to be done is the installation
of fire extinguishers and other finishing
touches," Mr. Carlos Gala, the Project Manager,
told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Kumasi.

The project, which commenced about three years
ago, is also being constructed to decongest the
Central Business District (CBD), which boasts of
the largest open market in the sub-Region.

Covering a landmass of about 152, 000 square
metres, the state-of-the-art facility called
'Kumasi City Market', contains more than eight
thousand stores.

Mr. Gala indicated that approval had been given
for only 'Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) to
operate within the bus terminal of the Market for
efficient management of the traffic system.

"The arrangement is that, only 120 cars could
operate at the terminal at a time," he said.

Meanwhile, arterial roads linking the project,
which hitherto, were closed to traffic had all
been opened as preparations are underway to
inaugurate the Market soon.

Source - GNA

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