The Minister of Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has reiterated that plans to construct a new Accra-Kumasi Expressway will not replace the existing N6 Accra-Kumasi Highway, stressing that ongoing rehabilitation and bypass projects on the current route will continue.
He explained that the dualisation of the existing N6 highway remains a major priority for the government and is intended to complement the new expressway, which will pass through the Oda and Ofoase Ayirebi areas.
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“I want to put on record that the government’s intention to build a new road from Accra to Kumasi, called the Accra-Kumasi expressway, is not a substitute for the existing Accra-Kumasi highway. It is supposed to complement that project,” he said.
Don’t be afraid
The minister made the remarks during an engagement with contractors and consultants working on the existing N6 Accra-Kumasi Highway project at Bunso in the Eastern Region on Monday, May 11, 2026.
Mr Agbodza said:
“So nobody should be afraid of the fact that because we are doing the Accra-Kumasi expressway, it means this road is no longer a government priority.
“So let everybody in the country be assured that the two projects are priorities to the government,” he said.
The meeting enabled the minister to assess progress on the three bypasses under construction along the Accra-Kumasi highway at Osino, Anyinam and Konongo, and to explore ways of accelerating their completion.
He was accompanied by the Deputy Roads Minister, Alhassan Suhuyini; the Chief Executive of the Ghana Highways Authority, Mallam Isaah Ishak; the Chief Director of the Roads and Highways Ministry, James Amoo-Gottfried; and the Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Awatey.
Tolling both roads
The minister explained that under the ECOWAS convention signed by Ghana, the construction of an expressway also requires the provision of an alternative route.
He said expressways are intended to operate commercially, allowing motorists to travel from Accra to Kumasi in about two hours for a fee.
“But somebody can decide I want to do the existing Accra-Kumasi in five hours, six hours and that is a choice for the person to do,” he said.
Given the scale of investment being made in both the expressway and the existing Accra-Kumasi highway, Mr Agbodza said the two roads would be completed on schedule and tolled.
“By our expectation, if everything goes well, we should be able to complete your outstanding works by the end of 2027,” he told the contractors.
He further assured the contractors of the ministry’s commitment to working with them to complete the projects by 2027.
We won’t abandon projects
Despite major setbacks affecting the bypass projects and slowing progress, Mr Agbodza assured contractors already mobilised on site that the government had no intention of suspending or cancelling inherited projects.
“government’s intention is not to suspend or cancel any project we inherited”.
He said one of the biggest challenges was the way the project had originally been structured, with major components of the scope mixed together.
“Obviously, once the scope changed, the costs completely went out of the budget and many of you could not find your way out, whether the government was still interested.
“I must put on record this project stalled before the 2024 elections and President Mahama’s government directive was to make
sure all projects go ahead”, he said.
