President John Dramani Mahama has officially launched the second phase of the Blekusu Coastal Protection Project during a ceremony in Agavedzi on Saturday, fulfilling a promise he made earlier this year to the people of Ketu South.
The $150 million project, which had stalled for nearly a decade, will now resume with construction of 37 groynes and critical shoreline infrastructure along an 8-kilometre stretch covering Blekusu, Agavedzi, Salakope, Amutsinu, and Adina.
Phase I, covering 4.3 km, began under Mahama's previous administration in 2015. "The sea has taken a lot from this community-land, livelihoods, and peace of mind.
But today, I say, no more will the sea consume our land," the President declared, as thousands gathered to witness what many described as a long-overdue intervention.
