AfDB funds Accra Urban Transport Project

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US£83.9 million loan for the Accra Urban Transport Project to contribute to integrated transport and urban development solutions in the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. The loan will finance a modern three-tier highway interchange at Pokuase and 10 kilometres of interconnected urban roads, facilitating the movement of people and the transportation of goods in a rapidly developing industrial zone. The infrastructure will be operational by 2020. “The
September 30, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US£83.9 million loan for the Accra Urban Transport Project to contribute to integrated transport and urban development solutions in the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. The loan will finance a modern three-tier highway interchange at Pokuase and 10 kilometres of interconnected urban roads, facilitating the movement of people and the transportation of goods in a rapidly developing industrial zone. The infrastructure will be operational by 2020.

“The city of Accra is facing the challenge of rapid urbanisation and motorization, which has crippled the current transportation system resulting in huge traffic congestion and gridlock and negatively affecting urban mobility and productivity. The project will help ease congestion and enhance the competiveness of Accra as a major industrial and regional trade hub in West Africa,” explained AfDB Transport and ICT department director, Amadou Oumarou.

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