President John Dramani Mahama has expressed optimism that completed sections of the ongoing Ho-Aflao Highway reconstruction project will be commissioned within the next six months, with significant portions of the road expected to be ready for public use by early or mid-2027.
The President gave the assurance on Friday, July 17, during the commissioning of the Akatsi North District Police Headquarters at Ave-Dakpa as part of his working tour of the Volta Region.
He reaffirmed government’s commitment to improving road infrastructure across the country, describing the road sector as one of the major beneficiaries of the government’s flagship Big Push Infrastructure Programme.
President Mahama recalled that during the 2024 election campaign, he travelled on the Ho-Aflao Highway and witnessed its poor condition, leading him to promise that the reconstruction of the road would become a priority if elected.
“I remember promising the people that if elected President, the Ho-Aflao road would be my number one priority, and today I am pleased with the progress of work on the project,” he said.
The President explained that government divided the highway project into five sections and awarded each section to different contractors to speed up construction and improve supervision.
According to him, the approach has allowed multiple contractors to work simultaneously while government monitors progress across all sections of the project.
Although the project has an official completion deadline of December 2027, President Mahama said some sections are advancing ahead of schedule.
“One section is almost 75 per cent complete, while others have reached between 30 and 35 per cent completion. I am hopeful that within the next six months I will begin commissioning completed sections of the Ho-Aflao Road, and by early or mid-next year, significant portions of the road will be ready for use,” he stated.
He commended contractors, engineers and technical teams working on the project and urged them to maintain the pace to ensure the highway is completed ahead of schedule.
President Mahama also announced that the Akatsi North District would benefit from additional road projects under a proposed US$500 million World Bank-funded Rural Roads Programme, which government intends to submit to Parliament for approval.
He explained that while the Big Push programme focuses on major infrastructure projects such as the Eastern Corridor Road, the Ho-Atimpoku Highway and the Dambai Bridge, government is also prioritising feeder roads to improve access to farming communities and support local economic growth.
As part of the initiative, he announced that the Logakope Junction–Agormor–Kove Road in the Akatsi North District has been selected for rehabilitation.
The President assured residents that government would continue to allocate resources annually for road development across Ghana.
“If your road has not been captured this year, it could be included next year or in 2028. We are determined to improve road connectivity in every part of Ghana,” he said.
Source: Wesleyannews.com
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