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Nowhere in Ghana is the process of urbanization as profoundly intense than in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), a region containing almost a fifth of Ghana’s total population and aboutÌý a third of its urban population. Confronted with several challenges including intense road trafficÌý congestions, conscious efforts have been made by the state in the last few decades to deal with thisÌý challenge. This has resulted in significant investments in the road sector through the construction ofÌý road corridors in and out of the city of Accra. In other words, a key response to GAMA’s transportation challenge is the development of major road corridors. The response has largely viewed theÌý transportation challenge as an infrastructure question rather than management question. This studyÌý examines the development of road corridor infrastructure and its impact on the growth and futureÌý expansion of the GAMA region, a subject given limited attention in the urban literature on Ghana andÌý Sub-Saharan African metropolitan centres in general. In particular, it notes that these road corridorsÌý have been constructed without due regard to their spatial implications, especially the uncontrolledÌý expansion of the metropolitan region. Furthermore, it argues that the development of the road corridorsÌý illustrates the limited coordination between central government’s investments and city authorities toÌý deal with the challenges of urban planning and sprawl in the GAMA region.