Road Connecting Ethiopia and Kenya to Be Ready by 2015
Construction of the highway linking Ethiopia with Kenya is expected to be completed by the end of the year 2015.
Construction of the highway linking Ethiopia with Kenya is expected to be completed by the end of the year 2015.
Merile-Marsabit-Moyale road that is built to connect Kenya and Ethiopia is near completion, according to Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) official.
The Seru-Shenen River-Sheik Hussein road joining three zones of the Oromia Regional State has been inaugurated, according to Capital.
The Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Roads Authority awarded three more projects to contractors. The contractors selected for the road construction project are the Chinese Road and Bridge Corporation, Gebrehiwot Ekubemariam Construction and Satcon Construction.
The projects are estimated to be worth a total of 847 million birr.
The tender issued by the authority in June had attracted 17 bidders from which pool the three companies were selected.
A total of 785.39 Km roads are to be upgraded and built with a government allocated budget of 13.4 billion birr. The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) concluded a contractual agreement with 10 contractors, of which 5 are local firms, for the construction of nine road projects.