The Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has stated that the government is fully committed to completing the 198-kilometre Accra–Kumasi Expressway within the next three years, despite public doubts about the project’s ambitious timeline.
According to him, the expressway remains one of the top priorities under President John Dramani Mahama’s Big Push Infrastructure Programme, designed to ease travel, improve safety, and boost economic activity between Ghana’s two largest cities.
He explained that while the project will operate on a user-pay model, the expected tolls will differ depending on the type of road infrastructure commuters choose to use.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show with Bernard Avle on Friday, November 14, 2025, Dr Forson noted that motorists who opt for the expressway will pay a slightly higher fee to enjoy a faster and more efficient route, while those who use the newly improved trunk road will either pay no fee or, at most, a regular toll.
“With the express road, you will pay something higher than a toll, but with a trunk road, you will not pay, or at worst, you pay only a toll fee.
“We are working on the financing for the Accra-Kumasi Express road. The engineer’s estimate is already out, but because they are yet to tender it out, I cannot put the financing out like that.
“We have budgeted 30 billion for Big Push. President Mahama will finish this project before he leaves office,” he said.
When pressed by Bernard Avle about the feasibility of completing the expressway within three years, the Finance Minister insisted, “Yes, we will get it done.”
The expressway, which forms a crucial component of President Mahama’s flagship Big Push Infrastructure Programme, will feature eight major interchanges at key points including Accra, Adeiso, Asamankese, Akim Oda, Ofoase, Lake Bosomtwe, and Kumasi. The project is expected to significantly streamline traffic flow, reduce travel time, and enhance regional connectivity.
