CUTS International Urges TRAFFITECH-GH Delay to 2027
CUTS International Urges MTTD to Push TRAFFITECH-GH Rollout to January 2027
With TRAFFITECH-GH set to launch in November, CUTS International is urging the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) to slow down and push the rollout to January 2027 instead arguing that Ghana’s roads simply aren’t ready yet.
Amid persistent road crashes and rising fatalities, the Ghana Police Service, through MTTD, has positioned TRAFFITECH-GH as a tool to improve compliance with traffic regulations and help curb the kind of road indiscipline that’s been costing lives.
Speaking in an interview on Thursday, October 1, 2026, CUTS International Executive Director Appiah Kusi Adomako raised real concerns about whether urban roads are actually prepared for the planned rollout. He pointed specifically to numerous faulty traffic lights and broader infrastructure gaps that, in his view, need fixing before the technology can work as intended.
According to CUTS International, several things need to happen first repairing and realigning displaced traffic lights, fixing faulty signal heads, trimming vegetation that’s obstructing traffic infrastructure, and repainting essential road markings that have faded over time.
Adomako also called for clear speed-limit signage to be installed ahead of every TRAFFITECH-GH speed camera, as well as at any point where the applicable speed limit changes.
I don’t know whether the Department of Urban Roads has even resources to be able to fix all of these traffic lights that are broken apart. And until we’re able to fix them, I don’t think that we should be in a hurry to implement the traffic tests. I think they need to diversify their sensitization and focus more on social media, community and town hall meetings. And it’s very important that you let drivers know in advance before you start the full implementation, he said.
Despite his concerns about timing, Adomako acknowledged a real benefit the technology could bring reducing the kind of direct interaction between motorists and police officers that sometimes opens the door to bribery or informal “settling.”
It’s going to remove the human interaction whereby when the police officer stops you after over speeding or crossing a traffic light and you want to settle the police officer. Now there will be no police officers because if you give the police officer who is standing on the road, to not wipe away the offence that the camera has captured. So, I think it’s good for everybody, he said.
Adomako was specific about what he’s asking for pushing the implementation date from November all the way to January 2027. I think that one month is not enough. The implementation should extend from November to January 2027. It’s not just a matter of being extended, but I think that we must do what is right in terms of the equipment and infrastructure that are required. The cameras, the road markings, the signage and all those things are very important, he said.
As preparations continue toward the planned November 1 rollout, attention is increasingly turning to whether the necessary road infrastructure can actually be ready in time, even as MTTD ramps up its public education campaign ahead of launch.
For road safety advocates like Adomako, the underlying message is consistent strong enforcement only works when it’s paired with roads that are genuinely safe and properly maintained. Rushing the technology without fixing the fundamentals, he argues, risks undermining the very goal it’s meant to achieve.
