The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is scheduled to formally hand over the cleared right-of-way corridor for the Accra-Kumasi Expressway Project to the government.

The event, organised by the Ministry of Roads and Highways in collaboration with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), is slated for Monday, September 14, at 11:00 a.m. at Ejisu Kwaso in the Ashanti Region, with President John Dramani Mahama set to grace the occasion as a special guest of honour.

This comes after engineers of the Ghana Armed Forces completed the corridor-clearing exercise covering 175.6 kilometres of the right-of-way in just 19 weeks, a week ahead of the original 20-week schedule.

In early September, the Military engineers from the Ghana Armed Forces announced via a formal statement that they had successfully cleared 170 kilometres of the 176-kilometre stretch reserved for the proposed Accra–Kumasi Expressway.

The Engineers also noted that only six kilometres of the designated route remain, citing that the team will soon finish clearing it as it moves towards Sawua.

About the corridor clearing

GAF engineers, working in collaboration with the Ministries of Defence, Finance, and Roads and Highways, tackled dense vegetation and challenging terrain along the proposed six-lane dual carriageway corridor, which stretches through parts of the Greater Accra, Eastern, and Ashanti regions.

Upon completion, GAF described the achievement as “delivering on mission ahead of schedule,” highlighting the engineering capability of its personnel and their growing role in supporting major national infrastructure projects.

The Accra-Kumasi Expressway is a flagship project under the government’s Big Push Infrastructure Programme.

The work involves preparing the designated route for the next phase of the expressway project by securing the right of way needed before full-scale road construction begins.

Once completed, the Accra–Kumasi Expressway is expected to boost the link between Ghana’s two major cities, shorten journey times, and help address congestion.

The project is also expected to make the transportation of passengers and goods between Accra and Kumasi more efficient.

It is also expected to reduce the frequency of accidents on the particular highway.

The Accra-Kumasi highway has a long-standing record of having several accident cases linked to poor road conditions, reckless driving, among others.