At a press conference in Parliament on Monday, the caucus, led by former Roads Minister and Bantama MP, Francis Asenso-Boakye, argued that scaling down the interchange from a four-tier to a two-tier structure betrays the original vision and will prove incapable of handling the city's current and future traffic demands.

"The original design was not arbitrary. Every tier performs a specific traffic-separation function. Reducing it to two tiers fundamentally undermines the integrity of the entire system," Asenso-Boakye stated, reading from a caucus position paper. "In urban transport engineering, under-designing is often worse than doing nothing, because it locks a city into congestion for decades."

The Suame Interchange, initially conceived under the Akufo-Addo administration, was designed as a grade-separated, four-tier structure based on extensive traffic modelling. Parliament approved its financing—backed by Deutsche Bank S.A. of Spain and Spain’s export credit agency, CESCE—in July 2022. The project was later prioritized under an Afreximbank facility, allowing detailed designs to be finalized and foundation works to commence in 2024.

The government has cited Ghana's ongoing IMF programme, debt restructuring challenges, and contractor drawdown issues as justification for the revised, smaller scope.

The MPs, however, rejected this rationale, describing it as "technically flawed and inconsistent with sound urban transport planning." They warned that a two-tier interchange would fail to eliminate critical conflict points, would not account for projected traffic growth, and would simply displace congestion to adjacent areas like Krofrom, Anomangye, and Abrepo Junction.

"Kumasi is not just a regional capital; it is the beating heart of our national transport network," the caucus noted. "Persistent gridlock here has intolerable economic and social costs for the entire nation. This revised plan risks turning an ambitious solution into an expensive bottleneck."

The MPs also raised concerns about potential cost overruns, contractual disputes, and technical compromises arising from altering designs after detailed engineering has been completed. They further questioned the government's funding priorities, pointing to new road projects launched elsewhere despite the Suame Interchange's inclusion in the 2025 "Big Push" Road Programme.

The caucus's public rebuke highlights growing tension within the NPP over infrastructure spending and regional equity, particularly in its Ashanti stronghold. It calls for an immediate reconsideration of the decision, a return to the original design, and transparent engagement with Parliament and the people of Kumasi.

"Kumasi deserves infrastructure that reflects its national importance," Asenso-Boakye concluded. "Half-solutions justified by selective constraints will fail the city."

The Ministry of Roads and Highways is yet to issue an official response to the caucus's statements.