Governs Kwame Agbodza, the Roads and Highways Minister, has said the Accra–Kumasi Expressway will be one of President John Dramani Mahama’s major legacy projects.
The Roads Minister described the project as a generational intervention that is intended to deliver infrastructure with a lasting impact on future generations.
Speaking to Citi News, Governs Kwame Agbodza stated, “Accra-Kumasi Expressway is our generational intervention. We are going to be 70 years. The President’s vision is that we should do something so that the generations ahead of us will say that when we were also here, we did something remarkable.
“Dr Nkrumah and others did other things: they did the Tema Motorway, they did the port, and other things. We also must do something to hold our place in history on behalf of our people,” he said.
The Roads Minister’s comments follow the completion of clearing works along the entire road corridor by engineers of the Ghana Armed Forces, paving the way for the next phase of the project.
In related news, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Finance Minister, has revealed that the full funding required for the construction of the Accra-Kumasi Expressway will be secured by the end of this year.
According to Ato Forson, the funding required for the construction of the Accra-Kumasi Expressway will be secured without borrowing from other entities.
In a post on his X page on Friday, September 4, 2026, Ato Forson disclosed that the funding arrangement could mark the first time Ghana has fully secured financing for an infrastructure project of this scale before construction begins.
The finance minister wrote, “Hearty congratulations to our indefatigable army on a stellar job.
By the end of this year, the full funding for the transformational Accra-Kumasi Expressway will be ready.
This could be the first time funds for a project of this scale have been fully secured before construction begins.
For the avoidance of doubt, not a single pesewa will be borrowed for this project!”.
It will be recalled that during the 2025 budget presentation, Ato Forson disclosed that the Accra-Kumasi Expressway is the flagship of President Mohammed’s Big Push infrastructure program.
According to the Finance Minister, the project will include eight interchanges, three major bridges, round-the-clock service areas, and automated tolls, aiming to boost connectivity between Accra and Kumasi.
He disclosed that it will be “Ghana’s first fully modern six-lane bi-directional Class A expressway, a highway worthy of a nation on the rise. Stretching 198.7 kilometres, this expressway will become the central spine of Ghana’s economy, linking our capital city, Accra and Kumasi, the heartbeat of the Ashanti Region and also cutting through the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions, creating a powerful southern-northern economic corridor that connects people, markets, and opportunities. To achieve this, the expressway follows a brand new alignment.”
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