Tag: Ministry of Roads and Highways
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Disregard reports of a reintroduction of road tolls in the country – sector ministry
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has discredited assertions of a reintroduction of road tolls across the country. This comes after the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta’s presentation of the midyear budget review where he had indicated the commencement of the collection of road tolls on some roads in Accra. The sector ministry in a…
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We only suspended operationalization of toll collection, not the law – Roads Ministry
The Roads and Highways Ministry has clarified that the recent directive by the sector minister for the cessation of the collection of tolls on public roads was not to set aside the laws for toll collection. According to the Ministry, the directive was to the effect of stopping the operational duties of toll collection due…
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Railway Devt. Authority pushes for law to limit amount of goods transported by road
The Ghana Railway Development Authority says it will petition Parliament to pass a legislation that limits the tonnage of goods that can be transported via roads. Earlier this week, the Authority signed a five hundred-million-dollar contract for the development of the Western Rail line. Speaking to Citi Business News, the Chief Executive Officer of the…