Motorway

The George Walker Bush Motorway was commissioned yesterday in Accra. Technically, the Tetteh Quarshie Overpass-Mallam Highway, it was renamed for the former US president by former Ghana president John Agyekum Kuffour who was in office when the Millenium Challenge Compact was signed between the US and Ghana.

The motorwaywill relieve terrible traffic congestion for commuters into Accra, reduce costs of transporting agricultural products from the Central Region, and allow easier access to Ghana's only international airport and the port at Tema. 

It has the added benefit of cutting travel time for us going to the beaches west of Accra. Before today, the dreaded "Mallam Junction" was a hot mess of cars, trucks, tro tros, buses, and motorbikes all trying to get into or out of the city, usually in the same lane, all the while dodging the plantain chip and water sellers. A three hour trip to Cape Coast could take five hours.

Happy that my tax dollars were put to good use AND that I get some use out of it. The US flags are a nice touch.

I'm not calling it by its name though.