Ethiopia to start Ethio-Kenya road

The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is preparing to launch the 2.4 billion birr road project that connects Ethiopia to Kenya. The Kenyan government has already launched the construction of the road from Port of Mombassa to Moyale.
ERA has also launched the result of the environmental impact assessment and rehabilitation study it had conducted on the Hageremariam – Moyale road construction project which is expected to be one of Africa’s major trans-boundary highways.

The Hageremariam – Moyale Road Project constitutes a major highway linking Ethiopia to Kenya stretching as far as the Port of Mombassa. The road would be vital in terms of commerce as it traverses major coffee-growing areas in the Southern Nations Nationalities and People’s Regional State.

Recently, a delegation of the project’s financier, the African Development Bank, toured project areas.The Kenyan Government at the beginning of March launched the multi-billion shilling (Kibwezi- Mwingi- Maua) road that will, when completed, connect Mombasa at the coast to the town of Moyale on the border of Ethiopia.

The Authority said design work is being carried out currently and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Public Relations Head Samson Wondimu said a proposal on securing the fund for the construction of the road has already been submitted to the African Development Bank.

The road runs 310 kilometers as part of the Addis Ababa – Moyale route. The route is part of the 10,000 kilometers Cairo – Gaborone – Cape Town trans-boundary highway, which is the longest of the four main highway links in Africa.

Source: Capital

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