Parliament approves GHS 2.8 billion for road maintenance
Parliament has approved GHS 2.8 billion for road maintenance this year to enhance transport of goods and services.
In 2024, 43 per cent of the country's total roads were maintained through re-shaping, gravelling and patching of potholes.
Mr Isaac Adjei Mensah, the Chairman of Parliament's Roads and Transport Committee, told the media in Parliament House, in Accra, that road maintenance formed part of the government's resetting agenda.
He said the government inherited a total debt stock of GHS 105 billion under the road sector and GHS 109 billion commitment to road contractors.
The arrears commitment under the road sector referred to ongoing road projects as well as those stalled and road contracts signed.
Mr Adjei Mensah said efforts were underway to re-introduce the road to...