Sentences with phrase «of roads across the country»

There are thousands of miles of roads across the country which are in terrible need of maintenance and repair.

«We have increased, many times over, the budget allocated to roads (from 18 billion to 198.25 billion Naira), power (from 5 billion to 91.2 billion Naira) and housing (from 1.8 billion to 71.559 billion Naira), hence the government was able to construct or rehabilitate a total of 766 kilometres of roads across the country in 2017.»

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In June, Shanghai opened the country's first intelligent vehicle pilot zone, where its trialed about 200 vehicles across nine miles (15 kilometers) of test roads in a closed zone at Shanghai's international automobile city, the government said in a statement.

Why have venture capital investments become ever more concentrated along a single stretch of Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, rather than diffusing out across the country as the industry has grown?

Once complete, the road will connect more than 65 countries (across Europe, Asia, and Africa), accounting for half the world's population and a third of global GDP.

If President Trump's promise of infrastructure spending to fix and replace bridges, roads, airports and other aging public facilities across the country comes to fruition, it would also be expected to add to GDP growth.

«Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery taking place in every state across the country,» said Kevin Burch, co-chairman of TMAF and president of Jet Express, Inc. «With 3.5 million professional truck drivers on America's roads, the industry and truck drivers are in a valuable position to help identify and report possible human trafficking cases.

As anyone knows who has driven across the country, or even looked down while flying over it, behind the side of the road are spaces so vast as to seem unlimited.

The rest of the time she spends traveling — she, her partner Chris, and Rosemary road - tripped and camped across the country after the third season wrapped earlier this year — attempted to garden, and tried to carve out a little self - care time for herself as her daughter grows up.

One of the world's largest fresh produce providers is sponsoring a three - day road cycling event throughout Northern California — all with the goal of providing healthier food options at schools across the country.

This is a desperate strategy adopted by Occupy Ghana to take away the shine of President Mahama's administration in the area of unprecedented infrastructure development across the country in the area of health, road networks, education, housing etc..

He however added that d construction works on major roads and other projects under the Ministry will resume immediately to facilitate accessible transportation across length and breadth of the country.

Over two hundred members of the Ghana Federation of the Disabled will be engaged to manage all toll booths across the country, Minister of Roads and Highs, Hon. Akwasi Amoako Atta has revealed

The plans aim to improve productivity and connectivity of towns and cities across the country — tackling bottlenecks and traffic jams for road users, and taking away the misery of lorries and through - traffic thundering through rural villages on main roads.

We intended by this to be able to move goods across the country freely without the disruptive effect of such activity on the roads.

They form part of a wider effort to build large «modern» infrastructures across the country, from road improvements and increased energy production to skyscrapers in the capital Kigali.

In his third State of the Nation address in 2015, President Mahama touched on a myriad of issues from the economy to power, announcing government's plans to invest GH cents 1 billion in road projects across the country.

Businesses dependent on the road link for deliveries are suffering and the knock on effect of the closure of such a vital bridge is being felt on the road network across the country.

In all, it was very much vintage Paladino of 2010, when the tea party movement was reaching its zenith across the country and he road a conservative wave of dissatisfaction with Albany to defeat former Rep. Rick Lazio in a Republican primary.

«I don't remember as I always say that under NPP for eight years, Ghana was actually a paradise but look around you today, look at our interventions in transportation, look at our transformation in the sea ports of Ghana, look at the transformation in our road network, look at the elevations in all the key medical facilities we have across the country, look at the new ones coming up, look at the housing infrastructure...» she pointed out in response to claims by the NPP that the Mahama administration has been a disaster and made Ghanaians poorer.

Eke told journalists in Lagos that some of the bad roads required urgent attention and that the Federal Government was determined to make all federal roads across the country motorable.

Mr Amissah - Arthur mentioned the road construction projects being undertaken by government across the country, expanding electricity to rural areas, construction of hospitals, and other health post, and building new schools, as some of the projects by government to develop the country.

«I wish to assure Nigerians that this government will continue to focus on the improvement of security and critical infrastructure like roads, construction of rails and power generation across the country as a vital pre-requisite to economic progress.

«Let me make it clear that the federal government is not in competition with any state governor concerning road projects, we are just concerned about the delivery of quality road projects across the country.

Citing this as an important reason for government to embark on the repair of several federal roads in the region and across the country, the Vice President expressed government readiness to intervene in addressing this national challenge for traders and commuters in the interest of the nation's economic development.

The Federal Government has disbursed the sum of N16.67 billion each to fund the construction and rehabilitation of 25 road projects across the six geo - political zones of the country.

«In this context, it is left for Nigerians to then decide whether budgeting for constituency roads is more patriotic than budgeting to complete the Kano - Maiduguri Road that connects five states, the Lagos - Ibadan road that connects three states and helps to move food, imported goods and fuel across the country; or the 2nd Niger Bridge that connects the East and West geopolitical zones of at least 11 states together,» he sRoad that connects five states, the Lagos - Ibadan road that connects three states and helps to move food, imported goods and fuel across the country; or the 2nd Niger Bridge that connects the East and West geopolitical zones of at least 11 states together,» he sroad that connects three states and helps to move food, imported goods and fuel across the country; or the 2nd Niger Bridge that connects the East and West geopolitical zones of at least 11 states together,» he said.

At 5 a.m., Make the Road New York, immigrant youth and families from New York and Long Island depart for Washington, DC, to joint thousands from across the country in calling for the passage of» «a clean Dream Act.»

Following a march to the United Nations for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, elected officials and advocates for pedestrians spoke about what they see as a safety crisis in the five boroughs and across the country.

According to what I gather, the team as part of its terms of reference was to embark on a road - show across the country to nominate members that would make up the Creative Arts Council.

In recent weeks the coalition announced plans to spend billions of pounds on widening and building new roads across the country.

While noting the reconstruction of 114 inner roads across the 57 Local Government Councils in the State, Zakari also commended the Light Up Lagos project and the Agric initiative aimed at encouraging local production of rice, saying that the remarkable initiative had greatly reduced rice importation and enhanced foreign exchange of the country.

The rally, which will take place in the Umuahia Towship stadium on School Road, is expected to have APC national chairman, Chief John Oyegun, the chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha and other APC chieftains from the South East and across the country in attendance.

The Federal Government also awarded contracts for various road projects across the country, chief of which were the reconstruction of the Benin - Ore section of the Benin - Ore - Sagamu - Lagos road and the Kano - Maiduguri dualisation.

He said the party had honoured most of its 2012 campaign promises, by building many educational, health and road infrastructure across the country.

Roads in central London will shut as thousands of people march in demonstrations that will be echoed across the country.

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The owners of the Insta - famous Airbnb stumbled across Joshua Tree on a cross country road trip and decided to put down roots to allow fellow travelers to experience the beauty of the desert.

Take a road trip with your friends or fly across the country to see your sister's new baby, and remember that dating is not the be-all and end - all of your life.

Captain Tankboy and Humma add a Fire Engine to their fleet, but face the challenge of having to take it on a long road trip across country and back home in one piece.

But every once in a while Ford meets someone who shares an overlap in his approach, most notably Bill Tench (Lights Out's Holt McCallany in one of his best roles), a member of the FBI's Behavioral Science unit who takes Ford on bureau - sponsored road trips across the country to teach local cops what they know.

Here's the synopsis: «The Netflix road movie centers on Matt Ryder (Sudeikis), who is talked into driving his estranged and dying father, Ben (Harris), across the country on a quest to get four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the one lab left in the world where it can be developed before that location closes down for good.

In September, we reported that the Sundance Film Festival would be taking its show on the road by offering a handful of festival selections to theaters across the country.

Not one to wait, Pee - wee immediately hits the road and hitchhikes his way across the country, meeting many strange people, and risking life and limb in the hopes of being reunited with his one true love.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 5, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS Due Date (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis co-star in this raunchy road comedy about an uptight dad - to - be who hitches a ride across the country with a wacky slacker in order to make it on time to witness the birth of his baby.

The search for his roots begins a road trip that leads them to travel from New York across the country, and through a series of mishaps, things get a bit crazy.

Language: English Genre: Documentary MPAA rating: R Director: Eugene Jarecki Actors: James Carville, Alec Baldwin, Chuck D Plot: A road trip across America that explores the origins of a country boy who became a king and a democracy turned into an empire.

All about Steve (PG - 13 for sexuality) Bradley Cooper stars in the title role of this road comedy as a CNN cameraman who thinks he's being stalked across the country by a crossword puzzle designer (Sandra Bullock) convinced that they're soul mates.

Tarantino's obsession with classic film led him to utilize the same Ultra Panavision 70 lenses used for Ben - Hur (1959), which required the retrofitting of 50 theaters across the country for the «road show».

The result is a long list of celebrity cameos including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Chris Rock, George Carlin, James Van Der Beek, Jon Stewart, Steve Kmetko, Shannen Doherty, Jason Biggs, Alanis Morrisette, Judd Nelson, and many, many more as Jay and Silent Bob make their way across the country in what turns into a conventional road trip movie with one joke; pot.