Dunkwa to be a major railway hub

Oru Leonard

Dunkwa-on-Offin, a town located in the upper Denkyra has been earmarked for a major railway destination in the Central Region of Ghana.

The Dunkwa railway hub will host a number of railway facilities like maintenance and repair centres, training centres, locomotive depots, freight operation areas among other modern ancillaries.

Mr. Joe Ghartey made these revelations when he led an international team of railway experts to the Dunkwa Traditional Council and the Dunkwa Omanhene to discuss the implementation of the H.E. the President’s vision of building a modern railway network across the country on Wednesday 22nd May 2019. The reason for settling on Dunkwa as a major railway centre according to the Minister is that it is a major junction on the Western Line.

Among Joe Ghartey’s team were the MPs for Upper Denkyira East and West, Hon. Nana Amoakoh and Hon. Samuel Nsowah-Djan, Team Engineering, designers of the Western Railway line, China Wuju, the contractors of the Western Line and officials of the Ministry of Railways Development.
$1Billion

Joe Ghartey disclosed that H.E. the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has allocated $1billion for the Sector and $500m has been committed into the construction of the Western Line and 60acres of land is needed.

The project when completed will directly employ over 3,000 men and women in the area, an assurance that was warmly embraced by the traditional elders of the land.