Ghana Highways Authority

Ghana Highway Authority
Agency overview
Formed	1974
Preceding agency	Public Works Department;
Headquarters	Accra
Parent agency	Ministry of Roads and Highways

The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) was established as a corporate body by GHA Degree 1974 (NRCD 298). NRCD 298 was repealed by the GHA Act 1997 (Act 540), which, however, continued the Authority in existence with responsibility for the administration, control, development, and maintenance of the country's trunk road network totaling 13,367 km and related facilities. GHA's 13,367 km of trunk roads make up about 33% of Ghana's total road network of 40,186 km.^[1]^[2]

Departments

All the Divisions of the Authority are grouped under three main Departments, namely:

Administration Department
Development Department
Maintenance Department

Administration Department

This Department embraces 7 Divisions, namely:

Finance
Human Resource
Legal Service
Training & Development
Public Affairs
MIS Division

There is an Internal Audit Division, that is directly responsible to the Chief Executive but which for administration purposes, reports to the Deputy Chief Executive (Administration).^[3]

Development Department

This Department embraces 7 Divisions, namely:

Road Safety and Environment
Planning
Materials
Contracts
Quantity Surveying
Survey and Design
Bridges

The Head of this Department is the Deputy Chief Executive for Development.

Maintenance Department

This Department embraces:

Road Maintenance
Regional Offices (10 in all, one in each region)
Plant and Equipment

References

^ Site Admin. "About GHA". Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ "PWDs at toll booths cry over unpaid salaries". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
^ "Admin Department". Site Admin. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

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[Ghana_Highways_Authority-1] Site Admin. "About GHA". Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

[2] "PWDs at toll booths cry over unpaid salaries". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2020-01-11.

[3] "Admin Department". Site Admin. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

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