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Mrs Dzifa Attivor, Deputy Minister of Transport at the weekend gave the assurance that government would implement the urban rail system in Accra and other major cities by 2012.
"I am so much impressed with the tramp rail system in the Czech Republic and I cannot wait to see a similar programme working in my own country, Ghana," she stressed.
The Deputy Minister who was speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Prague said plans are advanced to implement the system in addition to the Urban Bus Rapid Transport.
Mrs Attivor was part of the Ghanaian delegation that participated in the Ghana-Czech Republic Trade Investment Forum, organised by business entities in the two countries in collaboration with Ghana's Embassy.
She said when the tramp system becomes operational it would service routes along Accra-Teshie, Accra- Abokobi and Accra- Kasoa on pilot basis, after which it would be extended to other parts of Accra and major cities in the country.
Mrs Attivor said the introduction of the bus rapid transport and the rail systems would reduce traffic on the major roads and create jobs for
Ghanaians.
She said the Ghanaian Embassy would anchor the relations with the Czech Republic in order to bring home the expertise to facilitate feasibility studies.
From George-Ramsey Benamba, GNA special correspondent in Prague, Czech Republic
Mrs Dzifa Attivor, Deputy Minister of Transport at the weekend gave the assurance that government would implement the urban rail system in Accra and other major cities by 2012.
"I am so much impressed with the tramp rail system in the Czech Republic and I cannot wait to see a similar programme working in my own country, Ghana," she stressed.
The Deputy Minister who was speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Prague said plans are advanced to implement the system in addition to the Urban Bus Rapid Transport.
Mrs Attivor was part of the Ghanaian delegation that participated in the Ghana-Czech Republic Trade Investment Forum, organised by business entities in the two countries in collaboration with Ghana's Embassy.
She said when the tramp system becomes operational it would service routes along Accra-Teshie, Accra- Abokobi and Accra- Kasoa on pilot basis, after which it would be extended to other parts of Accra and major cities in the country.
Mrs Attivor said the introduction of the bus rapid transport and the rail systems would reduce traffic on the major roads and create jobs for
Ghanaians.
She said the Ghanaian Embassy would anchor the relations with the Czech Republic in order to bring home the expertise to facilitate feasibility studies.
From George-Ramsey Benamba, GNA special correspondent in Prague, Czech Republic