Cape Coast Kotokuraba market taking shape

The Kotokuraba Market in Cape Coast is taking shape.

The facility, which is expected to be completed in June 2016, will comprise shops, banks, hospitals and schools.

It will also have a car park, an office block, a parking lot, restaurants, a fire department, offices, a drainage system and walkways to ensure the free movement of traders and customers.

The market project is being constructed by the China Railway Construction and Engineering Group and it is part of the 1.3billion loan government contracted from the EXIM Bank of China for infrastructural development in the country.

Work on the project began in December 2014 after a court in Cape Coast had ordered the demolition of the old project to make way for the stadium.

That was after some traders had prayed the court to halt the demolition of the old market until decent structures had been provided for their relocation.

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