Tamale Interchange

[2] The interchange is aimed at enhancing inter-urban and national traffic flow and reducing the huge burden and cost of doing business, and also strengthening trade within the Sub Saharan regions.

This set it apart from other simply supported bridges of the past, which had several expansion joints and made driving less comfortable for drivers[4] This project was funded under the US$2 billion China Syno-hydro deal.

[1] The Government of Ghana signed a Master Project Support Agreement (MPSA) for the delivery worth of priority infrastructure projects across the country, in exchange for the delivery of Ghanaian manufactured aluminium products to Sinohydro.

The former lawmaker feels that since the Tamale interchange is not a pressing requirement for the public, it is unnecessary to continue building it as part of the Synohydro agreement.

She claimed that people are inconvenienced by excessive vehicular traffic in the city center caused by road obstructions with aluminum zincs[5]