President Akufo-Addo is set to commission the Flower Pot Interchange, a key infrastructure project designed to improve connectivity between the northern and southern sections of the Accra-Tema Motorway.

Despite the anticipated benefits, the Director of Urban Roads, James Amoo Gottfried, has cautioned that the interchange alone may not fully resolve congestion in the area.

Constructed by the China Railway Engineering Ghana, the 802-meter dual carriageway includes a state-of-the-art overpass at the Spintex Road Flower Pot roundabout.

The interchange is expected to ease traffic flow across high-density areas like Cantonments, Burma Camp, East Legon, and Spintex, significantly reducing travel times.

However, Mr Gottfried highlighted the need for additional measures to address congestion near Cantonments and the Giffard Road Interchange.

He added that plans are underway to create new exits and traffic dispersal routes to manage increased vehicle volumes.

“We also do realise that with the efficiency that it is likely to bring, we are going to have congestion, particularly the Cantonments edge,” he said.

“We are preparing that ground to be able to move into Cantonments and allow the dispersion of traffic. What we realise studying the system is that most of the vehicles getting close to the Giffard Road interchange, normally make a right and go and turn and make a left into Cantonments.

“So what we are trying to do is that at the ground level at the overpass, we will create another exit into Cantonment to relieve the congestion a bit. Because we anticipate that it will be quite congested because of the speed with which the vehicles from East Legon and beyond will get to that area,” he explained.