The Minister was speaking to journalists after touring the project site on Thursday, February 23, 2017.

He said that the project when completed, will ease traffic on the Achimota-Nsawam stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway.

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“A lot of project works are going on. If that is completed, it will ease the congestion that the travelling public experience on daily basis. It is a 3-tier interchange project, and we have started all the procurement processes. 6 months from now, that should be done; and it will take almost 2 years to go through that. We are going to put up a school, ICT centres and it will be a huge edifice.”

He said the procurement processes for the commencement of the 95 million dollar project will be completed in six months.

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The project, which was initiated by the previous NDC government, saw parliament approve a loan of $83.6 million for the expansion in 2016.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing the funds, while the Government of Ghana (GoG) is to offer a counterpart funding of $11.1 million.