The Minister nominee for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has promised to ensure the automation of all toll booths in the country, in order that there would be accountability for the revenues collected.

[contextly_sidebar id=”FkP6x1MVdhK0LG7so1NunUobUEqQCiup”]Mr. Boateng lauded the Minister-nominee’s reasoning, noting that with the automated collection of tolls, there isn’t any opportunity for anybody to siphon the income that belongs to the state.

This would ultimately improve Ghana’s revenue, the tax consultant explained, using the Kasoa toll booth as an example.

“When the Kasoa toll booth was automated and also that of the motorway, we were made to understand that the revenue increased by about three times. So for me, once you toll a road and get it automated, you are going to get an increase in the generation of revenue which is paid into the consolidated account.”

Roads that have very heavy vehicular traffic are roads that we normally toll, and it is best to automate them, Mr. Boateng said, adding that it would not be advisable to toll roads in the centre of towns or cities.

“If you are going to toll roads right in the middle of the city, vehicles will have to queue for a very long time before they go past that toll booth… I don’t think that it will be proper to toll a road right in the city centre.”

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Mr. Amoako Attah said this when he appeared before Parliament’s Appointments Committee today [Wednesday] to be vetted.

“…If you take all the toll booths in the country as at now, we have 35 of them nationwide, and out of this 35, it is only four that are automated, and the four are the Ngleshie Amanfrom, Accra Plaza , Tema Plaza and the Amasaman booth.

“What I will do to improve on the toll collection is to improve on the automation of many of them as possible. I will ensure that those that can be automated will be automated to improve toll collection,” the Minister Nominee said.

He further stated that, government will “improve feeder road aspects of the total road network.”

This , he said, will “mean taking seriously the process of using the Road Fund, which is set up for routine and periodic maintenance.”

Mr. Attah believes that “If we use that fund properly, we will be able to put a lot of these feeder roads into good shape, obviously for economic development… by bringing foodstuff and other cash crops that are locked up in the hinterlands.”

He also emphasized the need to “sharpen competence in road toll collection, since it is the second highest contributor to the Road Fund.”

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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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