Ghana roads minister warns Dome-Kwabenya corridor developers against compensation claims
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Roads and Highways Minister Governs Kwame Agbodza has warned property owners and developers building within the reservation of the Dome-Kwabenya-Berekuso-Kitase road corridor that they will not be compensated for structures erected there.
Ghana's Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has warned property owners and developers along the Dome-Kwabenya-Berekuso-Kitase corridor that they will not receive compensation for structures built within the road reservation.
He said some individuals had continued to develop properties along the corridor despite being aware that the land had been earmarked for the road project.
Speaking to chiefs and residents in the area on Tuesday, September 22, Mr Agbodza urged property owners to stop putting up structures within the designated right-of-way, cautioning that government would not use taxpayers' money to compensate people who knowingly constructed buildings on land reserved for the road project.
The minister expressed concern over ongoing construction near the dummy roundabout despite plans to dualise the road, saying he could see people 'busily building' on a section everyone knows is to be dualised.
Mr Agbodza said authorities would no longer tolerate situations where people knowingly violate development regulations and later seek compensation when infrastructure projects commence, and advised residents and developers along the corridor to refrain from further construction within the road reservation.