President Akufo-Addo has announced that his government has constructed more roads than any other government in the history of the 4th Republic. He made this statement during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) for 2023.
As part of the ruling government’s developmental goals, Akufo-Addo declared 2022 as the third “Year of Road” to improve the construction works on major parts of the nation’s roads. Roads are regarded as one of the essential infrastructures upon which a nation’s development and expansion depend.
Addressing the nation, he said, “I am proud of the amount of work that we have done, especially in the road sector. Roads constitute the largest number of questions asked in this House by Members of Parliament, and a significant amount of the monies we borrow are for road construction. Shall we dare stop constructing roads? I would like to state categorically that this Government has built more roads than any government in the history of the 4th Republic.”
The government, in its 2022 budget statement, highlighted some of the major road projects that began in 2022, including the Accra-Kumasi Dualisation, Kumasi South and Western Bypass, Kumasi Outer Ring Road, Mamfe-Koforidua and Oyibi-Dodowa-Somanya-Akuse junction road.
Other projects include the Accra Outer Ring Road, Asutuare Junction-Volivo Bridge, Eastern Corridor Road (Gbintiri-Kulungugu), Sawla-Wa, Buipe, Yapei and Daboya Bridges, Adawso-Ekyi Amanfrom Bridge, Obuasi, Juanayilli and Nawuni Bridges, and the construction of five interchanges in the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area (including Suame, Santasi and Airport Roundabout).