President John Mahama has revealed an ambitious statewide infrastructure drive under his flagship “Big Push” program, revealing that 50 major road projects spanning 1,144 kilometres are under underway, at an estimated cost of GH¢50 billion.
On Friday, February 27, the President delivered the 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) to Parliament in Accra, describing the effort as the country’s largest investment in the road sector in history.
He stated that the program intends to expand economic corridors, create jobs, and lower the cost of doing business.
The government is finishing 23 inherited road contracts totalling 573 kilometres at a cost of GH¢15 billion in addition to the 50 new projects.
Almost 2,000 kilometres of roads are being rehabilitated in all 16 areas, he said, with 73 projects exhibiting noticeable development and more anticipated to make considerable progress by year’s end.
As said by the President. The planned 198.7-kilometer, six-lane Accra-Kumasi Motorway, which would reduce the travel time between Accra and Kumasi to roughly two and a half hours, is a key highlight.
The motorway will have eight interchanges and state-of-the-art safety features, making it Ghana’s first purpose-built limited-access motorway.
The Accra-Kumasi Motorway Limited, a subsidiary of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund, was created by the government to manage the project’s design, funding, building, operation, and maintenance under a concession agreement that may last up to 50 years, he said.
Detailed designs and feasibility studies are presently being conducted.
According to him, the Kumasi Inner Ring Road, the Accra-Tema Motorway’s development into a four-lane motorway with service roads and interchanges, and the completion of the Eastern Corridor Road by 2027 are among the other top priorities.
Major bridge projects like the Adawso Bridge over the River Afram and the Dambai Bridge over the River Oti are also moving forward, he noted.
President Mahama said that the Ministry of Roads has gained authority to reintroduce road tolls using innovative technology to improve transparency and prevent revenue leakages, with operations set to resume this year.
He stated that in order to boost public transit, the government purchased 300 buses for Intercity STC Coaches Limited, Metro Mass Transit Limited, and private operators. The first batch of 100 buses is due at the end of the first quarter.
In aviation, he stated that passenger traffic handled by the Ghana Airports Company Limited increased to 3.625 million in 2025, up from 3.4 million in 2024.
He stated that Terminal 2 at Accra International Airport will be renovated into a dual-purpose domestic and international facility, accompanied by a new concourse, a seven-story parking lot, hotel, and retail amenities, in order to reduce traffic at Terminal 3.
There are also active runway expansion projects.
Plans to build new regional airports in Sunyani, Bolgatanga, and Wa are also in the works, he added, while the Tema-Pakadan train line is being operationalised and the western and eastern corridors are being upgraded as part of ongoing rail modernisation initiatives.
“To lessen traffic and increase trade efficiency, Tema Port has implemented a 24-hour operating system. The feasibility assessments for the proposed Keta Port project have also been examined by the cabinet.
Declaring that “the whole of Ghana is going to become a construction site” as work intensifies nationally, President Mahama emphasised that the integrated transport and infrastructure push is essential to Ghana’s economic transformation.
Source: newsthemegh.com