President John Dramani Mahama will on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 cut sod for the commencement of the construction of the Aflao-Denu-Ho highway in the Volta Region of Ghana.
The project will not only constructs the road but also provide access to Water, Electricity, some CHPS compounds, and markets within some selected communities along the stretch.
Some citizens say the reconstruction of the road would be a game-changing effort for Agriculture, Trade and Commerce, and Tourism on that stretch.
The ‘Big Push Infrastructure Programme’ is a government’s flagship $10 billion initiative aimed at significantly improving national connectivity and economic development.
What the NDC’s 2024 Manifesto said about the Big Push:
The Big Push— National Infrastructure Development Programme
The NDC will roll out the ‘Big Push’ for national infrastructure development to continue our legacy of massive infrastructure development to boost growth and create sustainable jobs.
In furtherance of this policy, we will:
1. Embark on a US$10 billion accelerated infrastructural plan to drive job creation and prioritise the completion of uncompleted and abandoned government infrastructural projects across all sectors.
2. Revamp the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) to undertake strategic self-financing projects for jobs and national transformation.
3. Construct, rehabilitate and expand water supply systems to guarantee sustainable and equitable access to clean and safe water for all communities, including:
a. Ho and surrounding catchment areas, the Sogakope Trans-Boundary System and the Kpeve and Hohoe systems.
b. Tamale and surrounding catchment areas.
c. Yendi, Sang and surrounding catchment areas.
d. Savelugu, Pong-Tamale, Diare and surrounding areas
4. Sustainably address the perennial Bagre Dam spillage disaster.
5. Develop the Nasia, Nabogu and Pwalugu multi-purpose dams to support all-year-round agriculture.
6. Revamp the Western Corridor rail line in partnership with the private sector to transport bulk cargo and passengers by rail to the major towns along the Western Corridor and the port for shipment.
7. Reconstruct and upgrade the Eastern Corridor rail line to the nodal town of Kumasi and extend the two corridors to the north for freight and passenger services with the active participation of the private sector.
8. Provide inner-city light rail sub-urban services as an integral part of Kumasi and Takoradi’s western and eastern corridor lines.
9. Roll out an urban inner-city light rail system in Accra.
10. Develop a railway line from Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western region through Western North, Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono, Bono East, Savannah to Hamile in the Upper West Region.
11. The following major road corridors, Trunk roads, Feeder roads and Urban roads will be developed, improved or completed:
a. The three-carriage Golden Triangle; Accra/Tema-TakoradiTechiman (A-3T) highway.
b. Outer ring roads (Golden Orbital Motorways) in the following major cities to ease traffic flow:
i. Accra Orbital Motorway
ii. Kumasi Orbital Motorway
iii. Takoradi Orbital Motorway
iv. Tamale Orbital Motorway
v. Sunyani Orbital Motorway
vi. Techiman Orbital Motorway
c. Easter Corridor: Tema-Asikuma-Hohoe-Damanko-BimbillaYendi-Nakpanduri Kulungugu.
d. Western Corridor: Elubo- Enchi-Sunyani- Wa- Hamile.
e. Upper Corridor:
i. Pulmakom-Bawku- Bolga- Tumu – Wa.
ii. Tamale -Yendi.
iii. Tamale – Daboya – Busunu – Sawla – Chache.
iv. Sakoo- Nakpanduru – Bunkpurugu.
v. Yendi, Saboba, Waapuli, Cheriponi.
vi. Nkwanta-Kpaasaa.
f. Re-design and construct the following Inter-Regional Roads (IRR):
i. Aburi-Nsawam – Adeiso – Bawjiase – Agona Swedru – Mankessim
ii. Bunkpurugu – Nakpanduri – Walewale – Wiasi – Wa.
iii. Berekum – Sampa-Banda Ahenkro-New Longoro-KintampoPrang.
iv. Agogo – Dukusen – Anyinofi – Seneso – Atebubu.
v. Busunu-Daboya -Yagaba -Fumbisi -Sandema- Chuchuliga.
vi. Keta – Denu – Ho – Have – Kpando – Worawora – Dambai.
vii. Sefwi Wiawso – Yametwa – Nkrankwanta – Dormaaa Ahenkro.
viii. Charibouri – Bunbunu.
ix. Kumasi – Anwiankwanta – Cape Coast.
x. Asikuma – Anum – Dzemeni.
xi. Abakrampa-Asomdwe road
