The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency, Kofi Amankwah Manu, says the Minority in Parliament is dissatisfied with proposed downgrade of the Suame Interchange project from a four-tier to a two-tier structure.
Speaking on Ghanakoma morning show on Akoma 87.9 FM in Kumasi with Sir John,on Monday,April 20,2026, he warned that the government’s decision to reduce the Suame Interchange Project from its original four-tier design to a two-tier configuration will not solve Kumasi’s traffic crisis.
“Kumasi and Ashanti Region also deserve four-tier Interchange to reduce traffic”, he said.
He said it could turn the project into an “expensive but ineffective bottleneck.”
According to him, the decision is “deeply concerning, technically unsound, and unfair to the people of Kumasi and the Ashanti Region.”
The Roads and Highways Minister recently announced that government had scaled down the project, citing debt-related constraints and difficulties with contractor drawdown.
But the Atwima Kwanwoma MP and his colleagues from the Minority side, insisted the Suame Interchange was deliberately designed as a four-tier solution because Kumasi’s congestion is not a single-junction problem, but a corridor-wide challenge affecting multiple areas of the city.
He stated that the project was initiated under the Akufo-Addo administration to address “severe and worsening traffic congestion” in Ghana’s second-largest and fastest-growing city.
He disclosed that the people of Ashanti Region are not happy about this development.
He said the financing structure underscored the project’s “international credibility, bankability, and technical soundness.”
He stressed that Kumasi is not only a regional capital, but also a national transport hub linking north to south, east to west, and major economic corridors, markets, industrial zones and transit routes.
Source: 3ews.com
