Minister-designate for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has announced that road tolls will be brought back in a new, modern way. The updated system will use technology, so there will be no need for physical toll booths on the roads.His remarks come in response to his stance on the reintroduction of the road tolls during his vetting by the Appointments Committee on Monday, January 20.

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"Yes the road tolls is coming back, but not in the form of building obstructios on the road for drivers to stop for somebody to take money from them, it will be coming back based on a technological platform that will make it fair" he said.This would make the collection easy, fair and ensure accountability of the revenue collected he said.Road tolls will be reintroduced using a technological platform that ensures fairness and accountability...

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- Kwame Governs Agboza (Minister for Roads and Highways Designate)#StarrNews #EIBNetwork#StarrFM #NewsAlert pic.twitter.com/F6ejQ6ZDCl— Starr 103.5 FM (@starr1035fm) January 20, 2025 "...that makes it easy to collect, easy to account for, for the publuc to know what the money is being used for.Together with the road minister we shall come out with a policy as to how its going to be done".

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Mr Agbodza's initiative would mark a shift in the traditional way of collecting tolls manually where drivers make payment to attendants; which was also a major cause of trffic in some areas of the country.Meanwhile, Kofi Bentil, Vice President of IMANI Ghana, has recommended an increase in toll rates upon the government's hint of reintroduction. According to Mr.

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Bentil, toll booths are an inefficient and costly revenue collection method, often leading to long vehicle queues. He suggested increasing toll rates while adopting a modern, electronic toll collection system to reduce congestion and improve efficiency.

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