Road builders have chance to bid for 13 public–private partnership projects in Ghana

NEW DELHI: Major highways builders in India have an opportunity to bid for 13 PPP road projects in Ghana including a few that are being build through assistance by the World Bank, officials said here.

The potential projects on public private partnership (PPP) mode in the East African nation, as per the Road Transport and Highways (RTH) Ministry, include Accra-Takkoradi Road in which the World Bank is assisting the government to Ghana (GoG) to prepare feasibility reports.

"Indian Mission at Accra (Ghana) has sent a list of PPP projects in Ghana to be circulated among potential Indian companies who may be interested in investing/participating," RTH Ministry has said in a letter to National Highways Authority of India.

NHAI will circulate the list to the companies concerned. Among the projects are newly proposed projects of Kumasi- Yamoransa, Tema-Sogakope, Kumasi-Sunyani, Techiman-Kumasi, Elubo-Sunyani and Accra outer ring road projects in which repayment is to obtained from annuity/tolling.

Besides, there are several projects for setting up toll booths.