The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has inspected the site earmarked for the construction of the proposed Bolgatanga Airport in the Upper East Region.
Located at Anateem, a community near Sumbrungu in the Bolgatanga Municipality, the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP) equipment had moved to the site, clearing the vast land of about 2,000 metres long as the runway, at the time of the visit.
The residents had released over 7,000 acres of land for the construction of the airport in the early 1980s, but governments over the years failed to construct the project to facilitate easy travel to the nation's capital.
After years of failed attempts, Alagumgube Group, an Association of sons and daughters of the Region living within and outside the country, has taken up the initiative to start the project by self-funding the clearing of the land.
