The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) has decided to temporary close and relocate the Kubease toll booth in the Ashanti Region, on the Accra-Kumasi highway.

The closure and relocation is to take immediate effect, according to a press statement dated Monday, November 9, 2020, signed and issued by the Chief Director of the GHA, Nicholas D. Brown.

“The Minister for Roads and Highways has ordered the temporary closure of the Toll Booth at Kubease near Boankra on the Accra-Kumasi Highway with immediate effect,” the statement said.

“The closure is to enable the Ghana Highway Authority carry out emergency repair works at the current location of the Toll Booth to enhance traffic flow and ease the current discomfort to the traveling public as a result of long queues being experienced on daily basis.”

“Motorists are hereby advised to adhere to the safety measures that would be put in place during the period of the repair works.”

“Any inconveniences caused to the general public during the period of repairs, is deeply regretted,” the statement added.