According to Kwasi Amoako Atta, minister of roads and highways, drivers should prepare to pay a higher road toll starting in 2023.
He said that the prior road toll payments were insufficient to build sufficient adequate roads.
To raise more money to build decent roads around the nation, there will be an increase in the amount paid as road toll.
"We wanted outstanding and wonderful roads, but we paid the lowest toll in the whole globe. We must be willing to spend more if we want nice roads. The fifty pesewas and one cedi will no longer be paid. Overseas, tolls are considerably more costly, he said.
Mr. Amoako-Atta has claimed that electronic payment methods would be used to collect the road toll.
"We're planning to construct a contemporary expressway with tolling capabilities, but they'll be electronic tolling capabilities. Electronic means will be used if necessary.
He said, "Since the legislation to collect tolls is still there, road tolls have not been annulled or eliminated."
As part of the policy changes outlined by the government under the 2022 Budget, the collection of tolls on public roadways was terminated in November 2021.
However, the government has restored it as one among the income initiatives in the 2023 budget that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta submitted to Parliament.
The reintroduction of tolls on some public roads and highways with a renewed focus on leveraging technology in the collection to address the inefficiencies characterized by the prior toll collection regime is one of the fiscal policy measures to support the 2023 Budget for consideration and approval by Parliament, according to paragraph 462 of the budget statement.
