According to the Otavio Schaitza, in charge of Communications for the Eastern Corridor Road Project; ‘The Eastern Corridor Road Project has introduced new technologies to its work in Ghana. One example is the use of Sitech’s 3D system for Graders and Paving Machines which, through the use of GPS technology, automatically regulates the machine’s configurations according to the project specifications. This allows the company to spread materials with accuracy, increasing productivity and quality.’
The Ghana Eastern Corridor Project is a National Route N2 starting at Tema Roundabout and ending at Kulungugu, North-Eastern border with Burkina Faso, a distance of 695.6 KM. The route is conceived as a north-south trade corridor, providing a shorter access to Tema Port and improving integration between Upper East, Northern and Volta Regions of Ghana and also between Ghana and Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Eastern Corridor Road Project partners; Odebrecht Engineering and Construction International and Andrade Gutierrez are working on the Lot 5 and 6 component of the entire Eastern Corridor Road Project.
Mr. Schaitza continued: ‘We are ensuring knowledge transfer. More than 94% of the total workforce for the Project are hired locally in Ghana and are Ghanaians. We are encouraging technical knowledge transfer to Ghanaians working on the project.’
Lester Quarcoopome, a worker, beaming with smiles, said: ‘This is the first time in Ghana that we have seen some of the technologies this Project has introduced. We have been trained and are able to operate these new technologies. Our technical knowledge is enhanced and our competitiveness has also increased, because we have been introduced to state-of-the-art technologies used in most parts of the developed world.’
About the Eastern Corridor Road Project
The Ghana Eastern Corridor Project is a National Route N2 starting at Tema Roundabout and ending at Kulungugu, North-Eastern border with Burkina Faso, a distance of 695.6 KM. The route is conceived as a north-south trade corridor, providing a shorter access to Tema Port and improving integration between Upper East, Northern and Volta Regions of Ghana and also between Ghana and Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Roads and Highways, awarded the rehabilitation and improvement works of Lots 5 and 6 of the Corridor- a 209km passing through the towns of Damanko, Bimbilla, Yendi, Gushegu and Gbintiri, as well as 63 other communities- to the Joint Venture Eastern Corridor Road (JVECR), a consortium comprised of Construtora Andrade Gutierrez and Odebrecht Engineering and Construction International.
