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Roads Minister Orders 10 Speed-Calming Measures on Bolgatanga–Paga Highway After Spate of Deaths
Roads Minister Kwame Agbodza has ordered 10 speed-calming measures on the Bolgatanga–Navrongo–Paga highway after a run of fatal crashes.
Roads and Highways Minister Governs Kwame Agbodza has directed the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) to install 10 speed-calming measures on the Bolgatanga–Navrongo–Paga highway without delay, after a series of deadly crashes on the busy Upper East road, Citi Newsroom reports.
The minister gave the order on Wednesday, November 11, during an inspection tour of road projects in the region. It followed concerns raised by the Upper East Regional Minister, Donatus Atanga Akamugri, who said the highway had recorded between 10 and 20 deaths within a relatively short period.
A stopgap before rehabilitation
According to Mr Agbodza, engineers have proposed 10 speed-calming features along an eight-kilometre stretch, concentrated around schools, clinics and other busy public places. He asked the GHA to engage a contractor capable of starting the work, possibly as early as Monday.
He described the measures as temporary while the government prepares a major rehabilitation of the road, warning that waiting for that work could cost lives. He also urged drivers to slow down and obey traffic rules.
Communities along the route have pressed for such measures. Last month, residents of Sumbrungu demanded speed ramps after two people were killed on the Bolgatanga–Navrongo stretch.
Bolgatanga–Bawku road moved to Big Push
On the same tour, Mr Agbodza said the government would move the Bolgatanga–Bawku–Pulmakom road project onto the Big Push infrastructure programme to secure steady funding for its completion. He said the same change would apply to the Tema–Aflao and Ashaiman–Atimpoku roads, and that only the source of funding, not the scope of work, would change.
He blamed delays on loan-funded road projects on the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme, which he said disrupted government-backed financing. Earlier this month, the Upper East NPP pressed the government to finish the Bolgatanga–Bawku road.
Source: Citi Newsroom — https://www.citinewsroom.com/2026/11/agbodza-orders-10-speed-ramps-installation-on-bolgatanga-paga-road/ ; Citi Newsroom — https://www.citinewsroom.com/2026/11/govt-to-move-bolgatanga-bawku-tema-aflao-road-projects-onto-big-push-agbodza/
