Airport In Cape Coast Is An Obvious Bad Idea – Kofi Bentil

Vice President of Imani Africa, Kofi Bentil has suggested plans by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to build an airport in the Central Region capital, Cape Coast, should they retain power as a terrible idea.

The NPP during their manifesto launch over the weekend in Cape Coast promised to build the people an airport and a new harbour.

However, Kofi Bentil who is also a private legal practitioner said the road linking Accra to Cape Cpast could rather be dualised to ease traffic and make it easier to commute between the two cities.

He wrote on Facebook, “I come from Cape Coast. An Airport in Cape Coast is a patently bad idea and anyone suggesting that has totally lost it. You want to fly planes for the rich 1% when you have a dangerous road claiming lives every year.

“You won’t simply dualise the road and then put rail beside it for the masses!!! What thinking makes you leave that and rather build an airport?

“If Cape Coast road was dualised and straightened. It would be safe to drive there within 45 minutes in an average car. To fly to Cape Coast from Accra would cost you 30 minutes to the airport. 1 hour at the airport checking in and boarding.. 15 minutes of flight time. 30 minutes to get your luggage and leave the airport.

“It will be faster to just drive!!! And wherever you are coming from, there’s an Airport at Takoradi, A short drive from Cape Coast,” he wrote.

Source: GhanaFeed.com