Borteyman is a community in the

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in the

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of Ghana.

Facilities

Sports complex

It is the location of the $145 million sports complex which would be used for the

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which is known as the Borteyman Sports Complex. The sports complex has the following facilities: 400-metre 6-lane athletics warm-up track with playing field for football; Washrooms for male and female; spectators stand for about 500 people; A thousand-seater competition swimming pool, collapsible to five hundred (500) seater. 8-lane competition swimming; 8-Lane warm-up swimming Pool; five hundred seater (500) temporary dome (handball,

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, etc.); a thousand-seater (1,000) multi-purpose sports hall (

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, boxing, volleyball, weightlifting, etc.); five (5) tennis courts complex which includes a thousand-seater (1,000) center court covered spectator stand with a

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viewing stand) and space for children's playground.

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cut the sod for the commencement for the construction of the sports complex.

Housing project

It is also the location of the affordable housing project by the State Housing Company Limited which consists of five blocks with 72 units.{{Cite web , date=2014-05-01 , title=Borteyman affordable housing to be completed in December 2014 , url=https://citifmonline.com/2014/05/borteyman-affordable-housing-to-be-completed-in-december-2014/ , access-date=2022-03-09 , website=Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always , language=en-US , archive-date=2022-03-09 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309203534/https://citifmonline.com/2014/05/borteyman-affordable-housing-to-be-completed-in-december-2014/ , url-status=live

References

Populated places in the Greater Accra Region Towns in Ghana Towns in Africa

Facilities

Sports complex

Housing project

See also

References