- Source: Ghana Highways Authority
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NRCD 298 was repealed by the GHA Act 1997 (Act 540), which, however, continued the Authority in existence with responsibility for the administration, control, development, and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.
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).
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
See also
Ghana Road Network
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ghana Highways Authority
- Transport in Ghana
- Ministry of Roads and Highways (Ghana)
- Ghana Revenue Authority
- Ghana Road Network
- Volta River Authority
- R40 road (Ghana)
- Ghana Civil Aviation Authority
- R16 road (Ghana)
- Food and Drugs Authority (Ghana)
