The Abala Shaigube asphalt concrete road project, (63 km) expected to make the potash deposits in the Afar region of Ethiopia accessible, is 37% complete according Shabbir Hussain, Head of the Contract Administration Division at Sur Construction.

The project started in 2010 is expected to be completed in the beginning of the next year at a cost of 707 million birr.

The road is being constructed by Sur Construction Share Company with consulting work being done by Net Consulting Engineers Private Limited Company.

China Contractors, China Railway Number Three Engineering Group and CGC Overseas Construction have signed a 1.9 billion birr agreement to construct to roads in Ethiopia.

China Railway Number Three Engineering Group will build the 101 kilometer Abadi-Hawzen-Freweyni highway to connect western and eastern Tigray. The construction project to be completed at government expense is expected to be completed in three years according to a statement released by the Ethiopian Roads Authority.

The consulting work for this project will be handled by the Net Consulting Engineers and Architects said the statement.

The Expressway being constructed between Addis Ababa and Adama is 28% completed according to the Roads Authority in Ethiopia.

The construction of the super highway intended to allow eight lanes in two directions is progressing on schedule said Samson Wondimu Director of the Communication Directorate of the Ethiopian Roads Authority

The project is expected to be finalized in April of 2014 he noted.

Ethiopia, Djibouti and South Sudan reached an agreement to partner in infrastructure development. The tripartite agreement includes the construction of telecom, railway, oil pipeline networks as well as duty free zones linking the regional economy.

The agreement was signed by Sufian Ahmed, Ethiopian Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, Djiboutian Minister of Economy and Finance and Kosti Manibe Ngai, South Sudanese Minister of Finance and Economic Planning at the Sheraton Hotel in the Ethiopian capital.