The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta, has said motorists should brace themselves to pay higher road toll in 2023.
According to him, the amount paid previously as road toll was not enough to construct enough good roads.
Therefore, there will be an increment in the amount paid as road toll to obtain more funds to construct good roads in the country.
“We were paying the lowest toll in the whole world while we wanted excellent and good roads. If we want good roads then we must be prepared to pay more. We will no longer be paying the fifty pesewas and one cedi. Tolls are even more expensive abroad,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Amoako-Atta has stated that the payment of the road toll will be via electronic means.
“We are going to build a modern expressway which will come with tolling facilities, but those tolling facilities will be electronic tolling facility. If it has to come, it will be done electronically,”
He further explained that “road tolls have not been canceled or abolished since the law to collect tolls is still there.”
