The Ranking Member of the Local Government Committee and Member of Parliament for Bantama, Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye, has made an appeal to the government to prioritise the completion of the Accra-Kumasi Highway dualisation project in the 2025.
Speaking during the budget debate in Parliament, the former Minister for Roads and Highways described the highway as Ghana's most critical economic corridor, serving over 10 million Ghanaians and facilitating trade between the southern and northern regions. He noted that while past interventions had significantly reduced travel time, neglect, congestion, and rising vehicle numbers had reversed the progress made, with journey durations increasing from 2.5 hours to 5.5 hours. "A 2001 study warned that unless critical sections of this highway were dualised, our economy would suffer.
Between 2002 and 2008, rehabilitation and dualisation efforts reduced travel time from 6-7 hours to just 2.5 hours.
However, because of delays in completing the project, travel time has now ballooned back to 5.5 hours, severely impacting trade and productivity," he lamented.
