The Min­istry of Works and In­fra­struc­ture has com­menced slope sta­bil­i­sa­tion and oth­er crit­i­cal works along the Elmi­na Clarke-Allen High­way fol­low­ing a site vis­it by the Ho­n­ourable Jear­lean John on Wednes­day, 28 May 2025.

The vis­it fo­cused on a 40-me­tre slope slip­page along the west­bound lane of the Con­nec­tor Road. En­gi­neers traced the is­sue to wa­ter sat­u­ra­tion on un­fin­ished slopes. In re­sponse, the Na­tion­al In­fra­struc­ture De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed (NID­CO) has be­gun re­me­di­al work and will soon un­der­take fi­nal slope grad­ing and grass­ing to pre­vent fu­ture slip­page and en­sure the long-term sta­bil­i­ty of the road­way.

De­spite the slip­page, the Min­istry con­firmed that the road re­mains safe for use and that traf­fic flow is un­af­fect­ed.

In ad­di­tion to sta­bil­i­sa­tion, the fol­low­ing works are re­quired to com­plete the Con­nec­tor Road:

1. Re­lo­cat­ing two WASA lines at the Guaico Riv­er Bridge along the East­ern Main Road (EMR)

2. Con­struct­ing re­in­forced con­crete box drains along the EMR

3. De­mol­ish­ing the Guaico Riv­er Bridge

4. Com­plet­ing a pre­cast box cul­vert across the EMR

5. Build­ing the fi­nal road­way link be­tween the EMR and Rail­way Road

Min­is­ter John was ac­com­pa­nied by se­nior NID­CO of­fi­cials and tech­ni­cal teams from the Min­istry dur­ing the tour. She re­ceived a de­tailed brief­ing on the in­ci­dent and the steps un­der­way to re­solve it.

The Min­istry thanked the pub­lic for its con­tin­ued co­op­er­a­tion as it moves to com­plete the project.