Ethiopian Road's Authority and SUR Construction PLC signed a contract to build the 104 km long Dansha-Abdrafi-Maycadran asphalt road, Fortune reported.

The 1.6 billion birr contract was signed on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at the Ethiopian Road's Authority’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The 10m wide road which includes seven bridges, is located on the import-export corridor between Ethiopia and Sudan. The projected is scheduled to be completed in three years.

The road will start 10.5kms off Dansha and end in Humera at the Lugdi junction and will cover an area which currently has only gravel roads for part of the way and no roads at all for the remaining stretch, Fortune reported citing a press release from the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA).

SUR won after competing against 13 local and international firms. The design of the road was carried out by Core Consulting Engineers PLC., a local company. Highway Engineers & Consultants PLC is the consultant for the project.

Source: Fortune