Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) concluded construction agreement with five different companies for the construction of new roads in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. The roads are aimed at connecting residential condominium houses with the main road.

The projects are going to primarily link the following 40/60 condominium sites; Kuye Fiche, Yeka Abado, Tulu Dimtu and Kilinto Housing projects.

The roads will have 10 to 30 meters width and stretch for a total length of 33 kilometers, the Authority explained. The roads are scheduled to be completed from three to six months.

The Authority’s General Manager Fekade Haile (Eng.) noted the projects are expected to be finalized before the 40/60 condominiums are transferred to their owners in the coming months.

According to him, there are three local contractors that have won projects. Nonetheless, there is one foreign company who has concluded an agreement.

The fifth company is an Ethiopian firm dubbed UNICON Consulting Engineers and it contracted the consulting service of the road projects for an outlay of 406,525 Birr.

The rest four contractors are IFH Engineering, Melcon Construction, Hafcon Construction and Aser Construction. Their contracts are worth an aggregate of 829 million Birr.

According to The Reporter in addition to the road construction, the project includes expansion work for electric lines and telecommunication lines.

“The project will not face any delay due to write offs and other issues as it has been solved earlier,” Fekade noted. Nonetheless, if there will ever be anything that gets on the way of the project, it will easily be solved in cooperation with the Office of the Prime Minister as it is the Premier that is following the development of the project.

Source: The Reporter