A total of 109 roads are under construction in Ghana’s Central Region. Out of the 109 road projects, 28 are being implemented under the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), 55 under the Department of Feeder Roads, and 26 under the Department of Urban Roads.
Funded by the national government through loans and grants, the roads under construction in Ghana include the Cape Coast inner-city project, Cape Coast-Kakum road, Swedru town roads, Twifo Praso Bridge, Assin Fosu town roads, Supredo Bridge at Mfantseman Mankesim to Abeadze road, Bawjiase road Gomoa Dawurampong road, among others.
A total of 89 more roads have been identified and some already advertised will soon begin construction.
The Central Region’s road network is approximately 5,695 km, 1,156 km of which is under the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), while 3,150 km and 1,390 km are under the Department of Urban Roads and Feeder Roads respectively.
Thirty-three percent of the entire network is so far paved or has bitumen surface, 41 percent is at the gravel stage, and 26 percent at the earth stage.
Plans are also afoot for construction of interchanges such as the Tamale, Pokuase and Obetsebi-Lamptey.