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80 #ChangingLives<br />
#TransformingGhana<br />
#ChangingLives<br />
#TransformingGhana<br />
81<br />
Construction of new arrival hall for<br />
Kotoka International Airport Terminal 2<br />
To support accelerated mobility of our people as well as timely movement of goods<br />
and services across the country, Government continues to prioritise investments<br />
in transportation through the provision of state-of-the-art buses for commuters,<br />
improvement in the aviation, rail and maritime sub-sectors to reduce the amount<br />
of time spent in moving goods and services to enhance productivity and spur<br />
economic growth.<br />
Road Transport<br />
To provide the public with greater<br />
options and flexibility in road<br />
transport, public transportation<br />
is being improved through the<br />
acquisition of a total of 495 buses<br />
to strengthen the operations of<br />
two public transport companies,<br />
namely the Metro Mass Transit<br />
and the Intercity STC; and the<br />
implementation of the Bus Rapid<br />
Transit (BRT) project.<br />
Some of these buses have been<br />
designed to allow for easy access<br />
by persons with disability. The first<br />
batch of 116 buses has already<br />
arrived and are to be deployed<br />
to provide intra-city transport<br />
services after the installation of<br />
electronic ticketing systems in the<br />
buses. Procurement processes are<br />
underway for the Bus Rapid Transit<br />
project. Ten of the buses for the BRT<br />
have been delivered and are being<br />
used for the training of drivers as<br />
well as the scheduling of routes.<br />
The project will take off on the pilot<br />
route between Amasaman and the<br />
Central Business District of Accra.<br />
Aviation<br />
President John Dramani Mahama<br />
continues to invest heavy in the<br />
development and upgrade of the<br />
country’s aviation infrastructure.<br />
Increasing volumes of passengers<br />
and cargo have exacted a toll on the<br />
country’s first international airport,<br />
the Kotoka International Airport,<br />
and stretched it to its limit. In 2014,<br />
over 40,000 flights were recorded<br />
at the airports. In the same period,<br />
total passenger throughput stood<br />
at over 2.5 million compared with<br />
a little over 1.3 million in 2009,<br />
representing nearly 100% increase.<br />
The following projects are being<br />
undertaken to expand Ghana’s<br />
aviation infrastructure to meet<br />
growing demand.<br />
• The arrival hall expansion project<br />
in Terminal 2 at the Kotoka<br />
International Airport is nearing<br />
completion.<br />
• Preparatory work is underway<br />
for the construction of an ultramodern<br />
international terminal with<br />
a capacity of 5 million passengers a<br />
year, to be known as Terminal 3 at<br />
the Kotoka International Airport.<br />
• In July 2014, work began on<br />
the Tamale International Airport<br />
project. The first phase of the<br />
project, involving re-construction<br />
and extension of the runway will be<br />
completed by 2016. Phase two will<br />
see the construction of a modern<br />
terminal and a dedicated Hajj<br />
terminal for Muslims embarking on<br />
the Holy Pilgrimage to Mecca.<br />
• The first phase of the Kumasi<br />
International Airport project<br />
involving the modernisation of the<br />
runway, installation of critical
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