The President of the Ghana Institute of Architects, Tony Asare, has raised concerns about the feasibility of completing the Accra–Kumasi Expressway within a short timeframe, citing the complexity of major road infrastructure projects.
His comments come in response to recent assurances by the Minister for Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, who indicated that the expressway project would be completed within three years.
Speaking in an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, April 20, Mr. Asare explained that several critical preliminary processes must be completed before actual construction begins. These, he noted, require significant time, planning, and coordination.
He said these include detailed surveys, land acquisition, and engineering design works, all of which are essential to ensuring the durability and safety of the road.
He told Bernard Avle that such processes are often underestimated in public discourse, yet they play a decisive role in determining whether project timelines can realistically be met.
According to him, rushing these stages could compromise the quality and sustainability of the infrastructure.
“Knowing the processes you must go through to be able to start road construction, I am not very confident whether we will be able to finish the road in two years. We will need to do the road survey and the land acquisition of the reservation itself before we come out with various surveys to be able to determine how bridges and other things will be designed, before we start the construction.
“If they do a good project management strategy, I can say it can be finished in 36 months, but we don’t need to politicise the completion.”
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