The city administration of Addis Ababa is going ahead with plans to build new water dams to meet the increasing water demands of the Ethiopian capital. The dams are expected to cost an estimated 8 billion birr.
The water reservoirs are expected to incorporate water treatment plants and supply 688,500 cubic meters of water a day increasing the water supply to Addis Ababa substantially.
Addis Ababa is to get new technology that will improve the efficiency of the traffic system so as to alleviate problems related to traffic congestion.
The Addis Ababa City Roads Authority is in the process of finding vendors for traffic lights to be installed at fourteen junctions across the city. The authority announced the tender for interested suppliers 2 months ago at which time ten companies purchased bid documents. Two potential vendors submitted offers to the authority according to an anonymous source.
The authority has budget of 30 million birr to install the traffic light system according to Engineer Elisabeth Tesfaye who is a member of the committee evaluating the proposals.Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is to host a textile expo from the 8th to the 11th of March. The exhibition will be held at the Addis Ababa Exhibition Center according to the Textile Industry Development Institute.
The expo is expected to include an exhibition, design competition, symposium, and site visit.
The exhibition will be an opportunity to promote Ethiopia’s textile products to the rest of the world said Sileshi Lemma Institute General Director.
The Addis Ababa City Administration announced that the building height regulation has been raised to 55 floors. Buildings in Addis were previously limited to a maximum of 20 floors.
The regulation was revised to take into consideration elements including environmental impact, infrastructural development, and security concerns as well as maintaining historical sites according to city administration and Urban Information and Plan Institute officials.
The city administration of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has committed to improve the capital’s information system according to Kefeyalew Azeze, Head of the Addis Ababa City Administration Public Relations Office.
The Addis Ababa administration plans to set up a modern and effective technology based information system he said, speaking at a two-day training held on effective information management given to senior officials.
