{
  "id": 7257610,
  "title": "Kumasi Expressway to cut travel time, boost economic activity – Joyce Bawah Mogtari",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/kumasi-expressway-to-cut-travel-time-boost-economic-activity-joyce",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T05:58:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/kumasi-expressway-to-cut-travel-time-boost-economic-activity-joyce-bawah-mogtari/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Senior Presidential Advisor and Senior Presidential Aide, has announced that the Kumasi Expressway will dramatically shorten travel times between Accra and the Ashanti Region, along with enhancing the movement of people and goods throughout Ghana. In a Facebook post, Mrs Bawah Mogtari highlighted that the project would deliver better and safer roads, thereby improving connectivity and reducing congestion, which would, in turn, increase productivity. She explained, \"The vision for the expressway is profound and forward-thinking—better roads, safer roads, and improved connectivity will enhance our mobility, boost productivity, reduce congestion and travel time, lower transportation costs, and stimulate growth.\" Mrs Bawah Mogtari further stated that the completed road will markedly decrease travel time across the country, seamlessly linking Ghana's capital with the Ashanti Region and beyond, with these improvements anticipated to contribute to a more sustainable economy.",
  "summary": "The Kumasi Expressway is expected to significantly reduce travel time between Accra and the Ashanti Region while improving the movement of people and goods across the country, Senior Presidential Advisor and Senior Presidential Aide Joyce Bawah Mogtari has said.",
  "key_points": [],
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}