Government is stepping up efforts to tackle worsening traffic congestion, as persistent gridlock in major cities increasingly weighs on productivity, fuel consumption and overall economic efficiency.

Pressure on road networks in Accra and Kumasi has intensified in recent years, driven by rapid urbanisation, rising vehicle imports and lagging expansion of transport infrastructure.

Industry watchers warn that congestion has evolved beyond a commuter inconvenience into a structural economic constraint, inflating logistics costs and slowing the movement of goods and services.

Speaking on the issue, the Director in charge of Policy Planning at the Ministry of Transport, Eric Tetteh Addison, acknowledged that congestion remains a significant structural challenge requiring coordinated and forward-looking policy interventions.

“We are looking at how we can increase the capacity of vehicles that are able to move their people from point A to B,” he said.

He stressed that:”We are planning to get high occupancy vehicles that can take large number of people. When you go and register your vehicle you have to sign up with a towing company, a towing company. So when your vehicle is disabled on the road you only call the towing company to come and tow it for you”.